Contents of cesium, iodine, strontium, thorium, and uranium in selected human organs of adult Asian population

Health Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-159

  Iyengar, G V ^a   Kawamura, H ^b   Dang, H S ^c   Parr, R M ^d   Wang, J W ^d   Cho, S Y ^e   Natera, E S ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^d INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

^e Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^f PHILIPPINE NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Biokinetics; Dose, organ; Exposure, population; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; IODINE; STRONTIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; DRUG MUSCLE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKELETON; SOUTH KOREA; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CESIUM; HUMANS; IODINE; LIVER; LUNG; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIOISOTOPES; REFERENCE VALUES; STRONTIUM; THORIUM; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URANIUM;

EID: 3242686946     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200408000-00003     Document Type: Article

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