Development of site profiles for dose reconstruction used in worker compensation claims

Health Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-54

  Kenoyer, Judson L ^a   Scalsky, Edward D ^a   Taulbee, Timothy D ^b  

^a Dade Moeller and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose reconstruction; Environmental assessment; Exposure, occupational; Nuclear workers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SAFETY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; AIR POLLUTANT; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

RADIOISOTOPE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 47149118523     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000300755.20134.54     Document Type: Article

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