A compartmental model of uranium in human hair for protracted ingestion of natural uranium in drinking water

Health Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 636-645

  Li, W B ^a   Karpas, Z ^b   Salonen, L ^c   Kurttio, P ^c   Muikku, M ^c   Wahl, W ^a   Hollriegl V ^a   Hoeschen, C ^a   Oeh, U ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

^c STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Biokinetics; Contamination; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BODY BURDEN; BONE; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; BREAST; COMPARTMENT MODEL; FEMALE; FINLAND; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGESTION; KIDNEY; LIVER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG; MALE; MUSCLE; OVARY; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE; SPLEEN; TESTIS; THYMUS; THYROID GLAND; UTERUS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 66149117403     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000345023.46165.1c     Document Type: Article

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