Factors that elevate the internal radionuclide and chemical retention, dose and health risks to infants and children in a radiological-nuclear emergency

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 167-180

  Richardson, Richard B ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; CALCIUM; CALIFORNIUM 252; CARBON 14; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; IODINE 131; IRIDIUM 192; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; STRONTIUM 90; TRITIUM; URANIUM 235;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CANCER RISK; CHILD CARE; DIETARY INTAKE; EMERGENCY CARE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; SKELETON; SOFT TISSUE; TURNOVER TIME; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67650511703     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncp078     Document Type: Article

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