Assessment of occupational exposure to uranium by indirect methods needs information on natural background variations

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 492-495

  Muikku, Maarit ^a   Heikkinen, T ^a   Puhakainen, M ^a   Rahola, T ^a   Salonen, L ^a  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; URANIUM;

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WORKPLACE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINLAND; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IONIZING RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BACKGROUND RADIATION; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URANIUM;

EID: 52249107594     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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