Triage, monitoring and dose assessment for people exposed to ionising radiation following a malevolent act

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 144, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 534-539

  Etherington, G ^a   Rothkamm, K ^a   Shutt, A L ^a   Youngman, M J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RADIATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; ELECTRON; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IONIZING RADIATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; REVIEW; TERRORISM;

ALPHA PARTICLES; BETA PARTICLES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KINETICS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOMETRY; TERRORISM; TRIAGE;

EID: 79953754321     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq420     Document Type: Review

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