Rapid urinary output normalization method using specific gravity

Health Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-143

  Dai, Xiongxin ^a   Kutschke, Kaitlyn ^b   Priest, Nicholas ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

bioassay; dosimetry; emergencies, radiobiological; excretion, urinary

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION MONITORING; RELATIVE DENSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TIME; URINE;

ADULT; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959896119     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e318213be69     Document Type: Article

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