Comparison of dose estimation from occupational exposure to 239Pu using different modelling approaches

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 486-490

  Romanov, S A ^a   Guilmette, R A ^b   Khokhryakov, V F ^a   Phipps, A ^c   Aladova, E E ^a   Bertelli, L ^b   Birchall, A ^c   Eckerman, K F ^d   Khokhryakov, V V ^a   Krahenbuhl, M P ^e   Leggett, R W ^d   Little, T T ^b   Miller, G ^b   Miller, S C ^e   Riddell, A ^f   Suslova, K G ^a   Vostrotin, V V ^a   Zaytseva, Ye V ^a  

^a Southern Urals Biophysics Institute   (Russian Federation)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f WESTLAKES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BAYES THEOREM; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOASSAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URINALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; METHODOLOGY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; USSR; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLUTONIUM; POWER PLANTS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; USSR; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 49649089770     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm415     Document Type: Article

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