Internal dose assessment of natural uranium from drinking water based on biokinetic modeling and individual bioassay monitoring: A study of a Finnish family

Health Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 533-543

  Wei, Bo Li ^a   Salonen, Laina ^b   Muikku, Maarit ^b   Wahl, Wolfgang ^a   Höllriegl, Vera ^a   Oeh, Uwe ^a   Roth, Paul ^a   Rahola, Tua ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Dose, internal; Uranium; Water, ground

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RADIOISOTOPE; URANIUM; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 238;

ABSORPTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FLUID INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KINETICS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33646926998     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000184671.58054.3c     Document Type: Article

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