Thermoluminescent response and relative efficiency of TLD-100 exposed to low-energy x-rays

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2073-2083

  Gamboa deBuen, I ^a   Buenfil, A E ^a   Ruiz, C G ^a   Rodriguez Villafuerte, M ^a   Flores, A ^b   Brandan, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; X IRRADIATION; X RAY;

ALUMINUM; CALIBRATION; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FILM DOSIMETRY; FLUORIDES; GAMMA RAYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MAGNESIUM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TITANIUM; X-RAYS;

EID: 0031829423     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/8/006     Document Type: Article

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