The reductive effect of an anti-pollinosis mask against internal exposure from radioactive materials dispersed from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

Health Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-231

  Higaki, Shogo ^a   Hirota, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

131I; 134Cs; 137Cs; aerosols

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HALF LIFE TIME; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INHALATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MASK; POLLUTANT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOCHEMISTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INHALATION; MASKS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 84871883888     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e318266ad51     Document Type: Article

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