IMPDOS (improved dosimetry and risk assessment for plutonium-induced diseases): Internal dosimetry software tools developed for the Mayak worker study

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-315

  Miller, Guthrie ^a   Bertelli, L ^a   Guilmette, R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BAYES THEOREM; BIOASSAY; CATALOGING DATABASE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DATA EXTRACTION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKER;

BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLUTONIUM; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 56849116568     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn178     Document Type: Article

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