ESR dosimetry of a deceased radiation worker

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 47, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 1341-1344

  Ikeya, M ^a   Sumitomo, H ^a   Yamanaka, C ^a   Lloyd, D C ^b   Edwards, A A ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ENAMEL;

ADDITIVE DOSE; EQUIVALENT DOSE; POSTMORTEM TOOTH; RADIATION WORKER;

DOSIMETRY;

IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; BONE AND BONES; DENTAL ENAMEL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0030293087     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(96)00173-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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