Pulmonary retention of actinides after dissolution of PuO2 aerosols: interest in modelling DTPA decorporation

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Issue		Radioprotection Volume 43, Number 2, Avril-Juin 2008


Page(s)		239 - 253
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro:2008004
Published online		12 June 2008

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