Examining the importance of the particle size effect in inhalation dose assessment for short-term radiological events

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 439-450

  Srimok, Boonchawee ^a   Yim, Man Sung ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 81255177838     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq488     Document Type: Article

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