Radiation safety standards and their application: International policies and current issues

Health Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 258-272

  González, Abel J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

International Atomic Energy Agency; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; Regulatory guides; Safety standards

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SAFETY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4043180642     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000130400.90548.5e     Document Type: Conference Paper

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