Internal dose assessments: Uncertainty studies and update of ideas guidelines and databases within CONRAD project

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-39

  Marsh, James W ^a   Castellani, C M ^b   Hurtgen, C ^c   Lopez, M A ^d   Andrasi, A ^e   Bailey, M R ^a   Birchall, A ^a   Blanchardon, E ^f   Desai, A D ^a   Dorrian, M D ^a   Doerfel, H ^g   Koukouliou, V ^h   Luciani, A ^b   Malatova, I ⁱ   Molokanov, A ^f   Puncher, M ^a   Vrba, T ⁱ  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^d CIEMAT   (Spain)

^e WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^f INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^g KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^h GREEK ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Greece)

ⁱ NATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; CARBON 14; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; IODINE 123; IODINE 131; PLUTONIUM 239; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90; URANIUM 235;

BAYES THEOREM; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION SCATTERING;

BAYES THEOREM; CREATININE; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FECES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; TRITIUM; UNCERTAINTY; URINE;

EID: 56349147380     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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