New analytical capability may provide solution to the neutron dosimetry problem in Hiroshima

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-8

  Straume, T ^a   Marchetti, A A ^a   McAninch, J E ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001866703     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031797     Document Type: Article

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