Determination of 238U/235U, 236U/ 238U and uranium concentration in urine using SF-ICP-MS and MC-ICP-MS: An interlaboratory comparison

Health Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-138

  Parrish, Randall R ^a   Thirlwall, Matthew F ^b   Pickford, Chris ^c,d   Horstwood, Matthew ^e   Gerdes, Axel ^e,f   Anderson, James ^c   Coggon, David ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Scientifics Limited   (United Kingdom)

^d F5 Culham Science Center   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Radiation, ionizing; Uranium; Weapons

Indexed keywords

URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238; URANIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; URINALYSIS; URINE; URINE LEVEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION ACCIDENT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URANIUM;

EID: 33644823611     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000174809.43871.54     Document Type: Article

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