Biodosimetry of restoration workers for the tokyo electric power company (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station accident

Health Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 366-373

  Suto, Yumiko ^a   Hirai, Momoki ^a   Akiyama, Miho ^a   Kobashi, Gen ^b   Itokawa, Masanari ^c   Akashi, Makoto ^a   Sugiura, Nobuyuki ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d Nuclear Safety Research Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

accident, nuclear; chromosome aberration; cytogenetics; dose assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883704385     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3182995e42     Document Type: Article

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