Performance of multisphere spectrometry systems

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 263-272

  Sweezy, J E ^a   Hertel, N E ^a   Veinot, K G ^a   Karam, R A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; GAMMA RADIATION; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPECTROMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0031756501     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032359     Document Type: Article

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