Mayak worker dosimetry system 2008 (MWDS-2008): Assessment of internal dose from measurement results of plutonium activity in urine

Health Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 366-378

  Khokhryakov, Victor V ^a   Khokhryakov, Valentin F ^a   Suslova, Klara G ^a   Vostrotin, Vadim V ^a   Vvedensky, Vladimir E ^a   Sokolova, Alexandra B ^a   Krahenbuhl, Melinda P ^b,c   Birchall, Alan ^d   Miller, Scott C ^b   Schadilov, Anatoly E ^a   Ephimov, Alexander V ^a  

^a Southern Urals Biophysics Institute SUBI   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^d HPA Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dosimetry; internal dose; lungs, human; nuclear workers

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINE;

AUTOPSY; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLUTONIUM; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84874608783     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e31827dbf60     Document Type: Article

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