Tritium dosimetry

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 481-482

  Elliott, Alex ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRITIUM;

DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; EDITORIAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; X RAY;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRITIUM;

EID: 20144363062     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200506000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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