High radiation doses from radiotherapy measured by electron spin resonance in dental enamel

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 239-247

  Pass, B ^a   Wood, R E ^b   Liu, F F ^b   McLean, M ^b   Aldrich, J E ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENAMEL; ERROR; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNX CANCER; MOUTH CANCER; NECK; PHARYNX CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 0031851701     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032269     Document Type: Article

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