An integrating ultraviolet-B dosemeter using phototransferred thermoluminescence from α-Al2O3:C

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-94

  Colyott, L E ^a   Akselrod, M S ^a   McKeever, S W S ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; CARBON; OZONE; WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALIBRATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; FILTER; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0030699430     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032086     Document Type: Article

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