Doses from external irradiation to Marshall Islanders from Bikini and Enewetak nuclear weapons tests

Health Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-156

  Bouville, André ^a   Beck, Harold L ^b   Simon, Steven L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

137Cs; dose, external; fallout; Marshall Islands

Indexed keywords

CESIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BODY BURDEN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY BURDEN; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MICRONESIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954692196     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181dc521d     Document Type: Article

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