Obtaining an unbiased estimate of intake in routine monitoring when the time of intake is unknown

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 280-289

  Puncher, Matthew ^a   Marsh, J W ^a   Birchall, A ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; IODINE; PLUTONIUM; TRITIUM; URANIUM 238;

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; WORKER;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; TRITIUM;

EID: 33745714327     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci345     Document Type: Article

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