In vivo measurement of bone aluminum in population living in southern Ontario, Canada

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5115-5123

  Davis, K ^a   Aslam, ^b,c   Pejovic Milic A ^a,b   Chettle, D R ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerator; Bone aluminum; Diagnostic technique; Dialysis patients; in vivo neutron activation analysis; Occupational exposure to aluminum

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BINARY ALLOYS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DIAGNOSIS; DIALYSIS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON LOGGING; NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRONS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PALMPRINT RECOGNITION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS; SODIUM IODIDE;

AVERAGE RELATIVE ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; IN-VIVO; MINIMUM DETECTABLE LIMITS; NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TANDETRON ACCELERATORS; THERMAL NEUTRON CAPTURE;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE; CANADA; HAND; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREMIA;

EID: 54949144702     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2996177     Document Type: Article

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