Studies on the current 137Cs body burden of children in Belarus - Can the dose be further reduced?

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 523-526

  Hill, P ^a   Schlager M ^a   Vogel, V ^a   Hille, R ^a   Nesterenko, A V ^b   Nesterenko, V B ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Belarusian Institute of Radiation Safety (BELRAD)   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; PECTIN; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAPECT; CESIUM;

ADULT; BELARUS; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION SICKNESS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; TREATMENT DURATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BODY BURDEN; BYELARUS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52249084821     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm153     Document Type: Conference Paper

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