Logistic analysis of OBT dynamics

Health Physics

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 572-580

  Baumgaertner, Franz ^a   Yankovich, Tamara L ^b   Kim, Sang Bog ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b EcoMetrix   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN NUCLEAR LABORATORIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Environmental impact; Metabolism; Tritium

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIVALVIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRITIUM;

EID: 73649100993     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000363837.32428.01     Document Type: Article

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