An empirical multivariate log-normal distribution representing uncertainty of biokinetic parameters for 137Cs

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-211

  Miller, G ^a   Melo, D ^b   Martz, H ^a   Bertelli, L ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOASSAY; BIOKINETICS; BODY DISTRIBUTION; DOSE CALCULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETER; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; BRAZIL; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 56749160602     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn131     Document Type: Article

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