A critical assessment of biodosimetry methods for large-scale incidents

Health Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-108

  Swartz, Harold M ^a   Flood, Ann Barry ^b   Gougelet, Robert M ^a   Rea, Michael E ^a   Nicolalde, Roberto J ^a,b   Williams, Benjamin B ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionizing; Radiation; Radiation damage; Radiation dose; Radiation effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BODY BURDEN; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 75649087390     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181b8cffd     Document Type: Review

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