Determination of dose coefficients and urinary excretion function for inhalation of carbon-14-labelled benzene

A Krins1, K Karcher, D Nosske

  • 1VKTA/Nuclear Engineering and Analytics Rossendorf Inc., Postfach 510119, D-01314 Dresden, Germany. Andreas.Krins@vkta.de

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