Development of rapid methods for assessing doses from internally deposited radionuclides

Health Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-94

  Maher, Edward F ^a   McCartney, Keith A ^b   Mize, Brian D ^c   Sun, Lin Shen C ^d   Siebert, Scott R ^c  

^a Dade Moeller and Associates   (United States)

^b Dade Moeller and Associates   (United States)

^c MJW Corporation   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer calculations; Dose reconstruction; Dose, organ; Dosimetry, internal

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; PLUTONIUM 239; RADIOISOTOPE; URANIUM; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHRONIC ANNUAL DOSE WORKBOOK PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; ALGORITHM; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BODY BURDEN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47149114762     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000291198.75113.56     Document Type: Article

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