Specification of Bonner sphere systems for neutron spectrometry

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 279-284

  Kralik, M ^a   Aroua, A ^b   Grecescu, M ^b   Mares, V ^c   Novotny, T ^a   Schraube, H ^c   Wiegel, B ^d  

^a CZECH METROLOGY INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SCINTILLATION; SPECTROMETER; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0030894320     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031960     Document Type: Conference Paper

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