Determination of natural and depleted uranium in urine at the PPT level: An interlaboratory analytical exercise

Health Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 494-499

  Ough, E A ^a   Lewis, B J ^a   Andrews, W S ^a   Bennett, L G I ^a   Hancock, R G V ^a   D'Agastino, P A ^b  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health effects; Operational topics; Uranium; Uranium, depleted

Indexed keywords

URANIUM; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; DOSIMETRY; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; LABORATORY TEST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON DOSIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; URINE;

CANADA; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MICROCHEMISTRY; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URANIUM; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33646366406     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000183140.38040.8a     Document Type: Article

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