Biodosimetry for a radiation worker using multiple assays.

doi:10.1097/00004032-199202000-00001

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Biodosimetry for a radiation worker using multiple assays.

Health physics - 1 Feb 1992

Straume T, Lucas J N, Tucker J D, Bigbee W L, Langlois R G

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Four state-of-the-art biodosimeters--GPA mutations, chromosome translocations, micronuclei, and dicentrics--were used to evaluate a radiation worker who believed that the official dosimetry records substantially underestimated his actual dose. Dosimetry records indicated that the worker received...

Topics

Chromosome Aberrations
Gamma Rays
Humans
Male
Micronucleus Tests
Middle Aged
Mutation
Neutrons
Occupational Exposure
Radiation
Radiometry
Translocation, Genetic

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