Supralinearity in the response of TLD-100 to 5.3 MeV alpha particles

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 65, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 13-16

  Gamboa deBuen, I ^a   Buenfil, A E ^a   Rodriguez Villafuerte M ^a   Ruiz, C G ^a   Zarate Morales A ^a   Brandan, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RADIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL; DOSE RESPONSE; GEOMETRY; IRRADIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0029821967     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031604     Document Type: Conference Paper

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