Triage dose assessment for partial-body exposure: Dicentric analysis

Health Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 244-251

  Prasanna, Pataje G S ^a   Moroni, Maria ^a   Pellmar, Terry C ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Biological indicators; Dose assessment; Handling; Nuclear

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BODY BURDEN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 75649138001     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000348020.14969.4     Document Type: Article

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