Evaluation of total effective dose due to certain environmentally placed naturally occurring radioactive materials using a procedural adaptation of RESRAD code

Health Physics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-67

  Beauvais, Z S ^a   Thompson, K H ^a   Kearfott, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure, population; Modeling, dose assessment; Modeling, environmental; Naturally occurring radionuclides

Indexed keywords

ACTINIUM; GROUND WATER; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIOISOTOPE; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; EVALUATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESIDUAL RADIOACTIVITY MODEL CODE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOIL; UNITED STATES; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SOFTWARE; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 67649651886     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000346707.27747.c2     Document Type: Article

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