Early-response biological dosimetry - Recommended countermeasure enhancements for mass-casualty radiological incidents and terrorism

Health Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 494-504

  Blakely, William F ^a   Salter, Charles A ^b   Prasanna, Pataje G S ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biological indicators; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; Radiation, biology; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; REAGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOASSAY; BIODOSIMETER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOGENETIC BIODOSIMETRY; CYTOGENETICS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DICENTRIC ASSAY; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; EARLY RESPONSE BIOLOGICAL DOSIMETRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MASS CASUALTY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MONITORING; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE; RESEARCH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSLOCATION ASSAY;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; TERRORISM;

EID: 26844578660     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000175913.36594.a4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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