A neutron activation analysis facility for in vivo measurement of nitrogen and chlorine in children

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 252-263

  Borovnicar, Daniel J ^a,b   Stroud, Daniel B ^a   Wahlqvist, Mark L ^b   Strauss, Boyd J G ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Chlorine; In vivo neutron activation analysis; IVNAA; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CHILD SIZE BOTTLE PHANTOM; IN VITRO NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; TOTAL BODY CHLORINE (TBCL); TOTAL BODY NITROGEN (TBN);

BIOASSAY; CALIBRATION; CHLORINE; DIAGNOSIS; GAMMA RAYS; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

CHLORINE; NITROGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CALIBRATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CHLORINE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0030300202     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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