Estimating radiation dose from time to emesis and lymphocyte depletion

Health Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 701-704

  Parker, Denise D ^a   Parker, Jack C ^b  

^a WriteSolutions   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biokinetics; Dose assessment; Dosimetry; Health effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOMITING;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOPENIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION INJURIES; VOMITING;

EID: 36048990283     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000275289.45882.29     Document Type: Article

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