Dose estimation software for radiation biodosimetry

Health Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 290-295

  Ainsbury, Elizabeth A ^a   Lloyd, David C ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Cytogenetics; Dose assessment; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 75649103198     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000346305.84577.b4     Document Type: Article

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