The use of hair as an indicator of occupational 14C contamination

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-107

  Stenström, Kristina ^a   Unkel, Ingmar ^a   Nilsson, Carl Magnus ^b   Rääf, Christopher ^b   Mattsson, Sören ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; DOSE ASSESSMENTS; LOW LEVEL; PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY;

MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PERSONNEL; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

CONTAMINATION;

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HAIR; HUMAN; NAIL; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME; UNIVERSITY; URINE;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HAIR; HUMANS; NAILS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77049107949     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-009-0245-9     Document Type: Article

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