External dose estimation for nuclear worker studies

Radiation Research

Volumn 166, Issue 1 II, 2006, Pages 168-173

  Gilbert, E S ^a,e   Thierry Chef, I ^b   Cardis, E ^b   Fix, J J ^c   Marshall, M ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Twin Trees   (United Kingdom)

^e Nutritional Epidemiology Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ARTIFACTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745882374     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3126.1     Document Type: Article

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