The view from the trenches: Part 2-technical considerations for epr screening

Health Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-135

  Nicolalde, Roberto J ^a,b   Gougelet, Robert M ^a   Rea, Michael ^a   Williams, Benjamin B ^a   Dong, Ruhong ^a   Kmiec, MacIej M ^a   Lesniewski, Piotr N ^a   Swartz, Harold M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Dose; Dose assessment; Emergencies; Emergency planning; Population; Radiological

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTER PLANNING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTER PLANNING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; MASS SCREENING; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; UNITED STATES; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 75649149524     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000348461.00071.10     Document Type: Article

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