Human health risk assessment at a depleted uranium site

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 597-609

  Callahan, Barbara G ^a,b   Kostecki, Paul ^a   Reece, Karen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b University Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Depleted uranium; Risk assessment; Soil exposures to radioactivity

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DOSIMETERS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; KIDNEY;

URANIUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 8744304900     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380490897687     Document Type: Conference Paper

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