Population monitoring for acute exposure to 210Po

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 916-923

  Anderson, Jeri L ^a   Spitz, Henry B ^a   Daniels, Robert D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ABSORPTION; ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGAN; POPULATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE; SPLEEN; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; URINE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 59649120681     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318181b4f2     Document Type: Article

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