Capstone depleted uranium aerosol biokinetics, concentrations, and doses

Health Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 328-342

  Guilmette, Raymond A ^a   Miller, Guthrie ^b   Parkhurst, Mary Ann ^c  

^a LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biokinetics; Dose assessment; Internal dose; Uranium, depleted

Indexed keywords

CAPSTONE DEPLETED URANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GEOMETRY; KINETICS; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ALGORITHM; BETA RADIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIREARM; HUMAN; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WAR;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ALGORITHMS; BETA RAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIREARMS; GULF WAR; HUMANS; KINETICS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; NEW MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; URANIUM;

EID: 62149151337     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000338296.54391.1c     Document Type: Article

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