Physical dosimetry of chernobyl cleanup workers

Health Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 452-461

  Chumak, Vadim V ^a  

^a Scientific Center of Radiation Medicine   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Monitoring, personnel; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

ARMY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLEANING; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MONITORING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; WORKER;

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING;

EID: 37349067415     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000278842.39156.93     Document Type: Review

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