Effectiveness of chemical etching for background electron paramagnetic resonance signal reduction in tooth enamel

Health Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 500-505

  Fattibene, P ^a   Aragno, D ^b   Onori, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accidents, nuclear; Biological indicators; Exposure, radiation; Health effects

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; PHOSPHORIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DENTIN; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENAMEL; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MOLAR TOOTH; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 0031790258     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199811000-00006     Document Type: Article

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