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List of relevant scientific papers



On IMBA

IMBA Professional Plus: a flexible approach to internal dosimetry
A. Birchall, M. Puncher, J. W. Marsh, K. Davis, M. R. Bailey, N. S. Jarvis, A. D. Peach, M.-D. Dorrian, and A. C. James.
Radiat. Prot. Dosim., Special Issue, Vienna 2005.

IMBA expert(r): Internal dosimetry made simple
A. Birchall, M. Puncher, A. C. James, J. W. Marsh, N. S. Jarvis, M. S. Peace, K. Davis, and D. J. King.
Radiat Prot Dosimetry, Jul 2003; 105: 421 - 425.

Validation of IMBA and IMBA ExpertTM.
Marsh, J. W., Jarvis, N. S., Birchall, A., James, A. C., Peace. M. S., Davis, K. E., Dorrian, M-D., Phipps, A. W., Smith,. A. and Smith, F. M. G.
Proc. of the European IRPA Congress 2002 'Towards harmonisation of radiation protection in Europe', Florence, Italy 8-11 October, (2003).

IMBA Expert: Software implementation of the current ICRP bioassay and internal dosimetry methodologies for North America.
James A C, Birchall A.,
Proc. of the the Canadian Radiation Protection Association's 2002 Annual Conference, Vancouver BC, May 6-9; 2002.

IMBA: the UK Approach to Internal Dosimetry for the Year 2000.
Birchall A, and Jarvis N S.
Proc. of the 3rd ALARA Workshop on Managing Internal Exposures, Munich, Germany, 15-18 November 1999.

The IMBA suite: Integrated modules for bioassay analysis.
A. Birchall, N.S. Jarvis, M.S. Peace, A.E. Riddell, W.P. Battersby.
Radiat Prot Dosimetry, Oct 1998; 79: 107 - 110.


Using IMBA

Unexpectedly high activity of Th-228 in excretion samples following consumption of Brazil nuts
R. K. Bull, T. J. Smith, and A. W. Phipps
Radiat Prot Dosimetry, December 2006; 121: 425 - 428.

Obtaining an unbiased estimate of intake in routine monitoring when the time of intake is unknown
M. Puncher, J. W. Marsh, and A. Birchall
Radiat Prot Dosimetry, June 2006; 118: 280 - 289.

Individual monitoring for internal exposures in Europe: Conclusions of an EURADOS action
M. A. Lopez, J. W. E. van Dijk, C. M. Castellani, L. Currivan, R. Falk, P. Olko, and C. Wernli
Radiat Prot Dosimetry, May 2006; 118: 176 - 181.

Assessment of plutonium exposures for an epidemiological study of US nuclear workers
R. D. Daniels, C. J. Lodwick, M. K. Schubauer-Berigan, and H. B. Spitz
Radiat Prot Dosimetry, April 2006; 118: 43 - 55.

The autocorrelation coefficient as a tool for assessing goodness of fit between bioassay predictions and measurement data
M. Puncher, A. Birchall, and J. W. Marsh
Radiat. Prot. Dosim., Special Issue, Montpellier 2006.

The overview of internal exposure monitoring in Lithuania
B. Griciene, R. Ladygiene, G. Morkunas, L. Pilkyte, and A. Urboniene
Radiat. Prot. Dosim., Special Issue, Montpellier 2006.

Comparison of radon lung dosimetry models for the estimation of dose uncertainties.
R. Winkler-Heil, W. Hofmann, J. Marsh, and A. Birchall.
Radiat. Prot. Dosim., Special Issue, Montpellier 2006.

Uncertainties in estimation of intakes of actinides for dose reconstruction cases.
G. Wilson and R. K. Bull
Radiat. Prot. Dosim., Special Issue, Montpellier 2006.

Usefulness of the simultaneous bioassay analysis method used for an intake estimation of a radionuclide
Jong-Il Lee and Jai-Ki Lee
Radiat. Prot. Dosim., Special Issue, Montpellier 2006.

The work of the CONRAD Task Group 5.2: research studies on biokinetic models
D. Noßke, V. Berkovski, A. Birchall, E. Blanchardon, M. C. Cantone, K. Davis, A. Giussani, A. Luciani, J. Marsh, U. Oeh, H. Ratia, and M. A. Lopez
Radiat. Prot. Dosim., Special Issue, Montpellier 2006.

Evaluation of committed effective doses from internal contamination of Am-241 using experimentally determined parameters of the contaminant
I. Malátová, V. Becková, and T. Vrba
Radiat. Prot. Dosim., Special Issue, Montpellier 2006.

Dose assessment for ingestion of a 330 kBq Co-60 hot particle
D. W. Whillans, W. J. Chase, and W. H. Wolodarsky
Radiat. Prot. Dosim., Special Issue, Montpellier 2006.

Assessment of dose from faecal measurement data
D. Bingham, M. Dolan, and R. J. Cockerill
Radiat. Prot. Dosim., Special Issue, Montpellier 2006.

A step-by-step procedure to aid the assessment of intake and doses from measurement data
J. W. Marsh, M. R. Bailey, and A. Birchall
Radiat Prot Dosimetry, Jun 2005; 114: 491 - 508.

The quantification of uncertainties in internal doses assessed from monitoring measurements
G. Etherington
Radiat. Prot. Dosim., Special Issue, Vienna 2005.

General guidelines for the assessment of internal dose from monitoring data: progress of the IDEAS project
H. Doerfel, A. Andrasi, M. Bailey, E. Blanchardon, R. Cruz-Suarez, V. Berkovski, C.-M. Castellani, C. Hurtgen, B. LeGuen, I. Malatova, J. Marsh, J. Stather, and J. Zeger
Radiat. Prot. Dosim., Special Issue, Vienna 2005.

Individual monitoring for internal exposure in Europe and the integration of dosimetric data
M. A. Lopez Ponte, C. M. Castellani, L. Currivan, R. Falk, P. Olko, and C. Wernli
Radiat Prot Dosimetry, Nov 2004; 112: 69 - 119.

The application of Bayesian techniques in the interpretation of bioassay data.
G. Miller, T. Little, and R. Guilmette
Radiat Prot Dosimetry, Jul 2003; 105: 333 - 338.