Exposure limits for emergency responders should be the same as the prevailing limits for occupational radiation workers
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Occupational exposure limits for chemicals.
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Physics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0094-2405
DOI: 10.1118/1.2815355