WHO 1st consultation on the development of a global biodosimetry laboratories network for radiation emergencies (BioDoseNet)

Radiation Research

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-139

  Blakely, William F ^a   Carr, Zhanat ^b   Chu, May Chin May ^b   Dayal Drager, Renu ^b   Fujimoto, Kenzo ^c   Hopmeir, Michael ^d   Kulka, Ulrike ^e   Lillis Hearne, Patricia ^a   Livingston, Gordon K ^f   Lloyd, David C ^g   Maznyk, Natalie ^h   Perez, Maria Del Rosario ^b   Romm, Horst ^e   Takashima, Yoshio ⁱ   Voisin, Phillipe ^j   Wilkins, Ruth C ^k   Yoshida, Mitsuaki A ⁱ  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^d Unconventional Concepts Inc   (United States)

^e BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^f OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^h STATE INSTITUTION NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR RADIATION MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

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

^k HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LABORATORIES; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 58349097924     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1549.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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