A preliminary study for non-invasive quantification of manganese in human hand bones

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Aslam, ^a   Pejovic Milic A ^a,b   Chettle, D R ^a   McNeill, F E ^a   Pysklywec, M W ^a,c   Oudyk, J ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centres de sante des travailleurs ses de I'Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BONE; CALCIUM; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NEUTRONS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PLANNING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL STUDIES; CONCERNED RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN HANDS; HUMAN SUBJECTS; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENTS; MEAN VALUE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION; NON-INVASIVE; NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENTS; PILOT STUDIES; TECHNICAL PROBLEMS;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

MANGANESE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HAND BONE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CALCIUM; HAND BONES; HUMANS; MALE; MANGANESE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51849135954     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/19/N02     Document Type: Article

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