Estimating uncertainty on internal dose assessments

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 544-547

  Puncher, Matthew ^a   Birchall, A ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; UNCERTAINTY; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 49649125329     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm361     Document Type: Article

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