Biological dosimetry intercomparison exercise: An evaluation of triage and routine mode results by robust methods

Radiation Research

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 638-649

  Di Giorgio, M ^a   Barquinero, J F ^c   Vallerga, M B ^a   Radl, A ^a   Taja, M R ^c   Seoane, A ^b   De Luca, J ^b   Oliveira, M Stuck ^d   Valdivia, P ^e   Lima, O Garcã A ^e   Lamadrid, A ^f   Mesa, J González ^f   Aguilera, I Romero ^f   Cardoso, T Mandina ^f   Carvajal, Y C Guerrero ^b   Maldonado, C Arceo ^g   Espinoza, M E ^h   Marti Nez Lopez W ^m   Mendez Acuna L ⁱ   Di Tomaso, M V ⁱ   Roy, L ⁱ   Lindholm, C ^j   Romm, H ^k   Guc I ^l   Lloyd, D C ^m   more..

^a Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de La Plata   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Instituto de Radioprotección y Dosimetrý a IRD   (Brazil)

^e Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission   (Chile)

^f Laboratorio de Radiobiología   (Cuba)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^h INSTITUTO PERUANO DE ENERGÍA NUCLEAR   (Peru)

ⁱ INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^j STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^k BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^l Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center   (Turkey)

^m PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CYTOGENETICS; DISPERSION; DOSIMETRY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LABORATORIES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOMETRY; TRIAGE;

EID: 79955366166     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2425.1     Document Type: Article

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