IMBA Professional Plus: A flexible approach to internal dosimetry

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 194-197

  Birchall, Alan ^a   Puncher, M ^a   Marsh, J W ^a   Davis, K ^a   Bailey, M R ^a   Jarvis, N S ^b   Peach, A D ^a   Dorrian, M D ^a   James, A C ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Washington State University ^*  (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; PLUTONIUM;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOASSAY; CANADA; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FECES LEVEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URINE LEVEL; WHOLE BODY COUNTING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 52249093159     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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