Exposure of workers in a mineral processing industry in Brazil

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 513-515

  Julião, Lígia M Q C ^a   Melo, Dunstana R ^a   Sousa, Wanderson O ^a   Santos, Maristela S ^a   Fernandes, Paulo César ^a   Godoy, Maria Luiza D P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIOBIUM; THORIUM; TIN; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM; MINERAL; RADIOISOTOPE;

BIOASSAY; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; URINALYSIS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAZIL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MINERALS; MINING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52249105176     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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