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Basis and implications of the CAP88 age-specific dose coefficients

Journal Article · · Health Physics
Recent versions of CAP88 incorporate age-specific dose coefficients based on biokinetic and dosimetric models applied in Federal Guidance Report 13, Cancer Risk Coefficients for Environmental Exposure to Radionuclides (EPA 1999). With a few exceptions the models are those recommended in a series of reports by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) on estimation of doses to the public from environmental radionuclides. This paper describes the basis for the ICRP s age-specific biokinetic and dosimetric models and examines differences with age in the derived dose coefficients and in estimates of dose per unit exposure based on those coefficients.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Sponsoring Organization:
ORNL work for others
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1092239
Journal Information:
Health Physics, Journal Name: Health Physics Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 105; ISSN 0017-9078
Publisher:
Health Physics Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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