Assessment of internal exposure doses in Fukushima by a whole body counter within one month after the nuclear power plant accident

Radiation Research

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 663-668

  Matsuda, Naoki ^a   Kumagai, Atsushi ^b   Ohtsuru, Akira ^b   Morita, Naoko ^a   Miura, Miwa ^a   Yoshida, Masahiro ^a   Kudo, Takashi ^a   Takamura, Noboru ^a   Yamashita, Shunichi ^a,b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; WHOLE BODY COUNTER;

ADULT; AIR; FEMALE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; THYROID GLAND; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 84878738514     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: 19385404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3232.1     Document Type: Article

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