Photon attenuation for samples in marinelli beaker geometry: An analytical computation

Health Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 445-449

  Sima, Octavian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Environmental; Marinelli beaker geometry; Monitoring; Photons

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RADIOMETRY;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; LIGHT; PHYSICS; RADIATION DETECTOR;

EID: 0026630291     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199205000-00011     Document Type: Article

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