Reassessment of tritium dose coefficients for the general public

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 153-157

  Melintescu, A ^a   Galeriu, D ^a   Takeda, H ^b  

^a Horia Hulubei National Institute of Nuclear and Physics and Nuclear Engineering   (Romania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; DNA; HYDROGEN; TRITIUM; TRITIUM OXIDE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAUCASIAN; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRITIUM;

EID: 49649118619     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm267     Document Type: Article

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