Detection limits for samples that give rise to counting data with extra- poisson variance

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 458-464

  Tries, Mark A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

background; counting efficiency; detection limits; radiation; statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031019411     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199703000-00014     Document Type: Article

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