Radiation protection principles of NCRP

Health Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-257

  Kase, Kenneth R ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; Radiation protection; Regulatory guides; Safety standards

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; FATALITY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4043075710     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200409000-00005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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