Patient-specific scaling of reference S-values for cross-organ radionuclide S-values: What is appropriate?

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 192-196

  Petoussi Henss, Nina ^a   Bolch, W E ^b   Zankl, M ^a   Sgouros, G ^c   Wessels, B ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; RADIATION ABSORPTION; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; TARGET ORGAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; REFERENCE VALUES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 49649091601     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm270     Document Type: Article

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