Improving estimates of exposures for epidemiologic studies of plutonium workers

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 239-258

  Ruttenber, A James ^a   Schonbeck, Margaret ^b   McCrea, Jason ^b   McClure, David ^b   Martyny, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLUTONIUM; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 33444461372     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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