Optimisation of monitor weighting factors for the estimation of effective dose equivalent from external photon exposures

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-111

  Claycamp, H G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PHANTOM; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0029922422     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031516     Document Type: Article

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