Assessment of occupational and patient dose from diagnostic and therapeutic radiation exposure using thermoluminescent dosimetry

Health Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 478-480

  Banu, H ^a   Alam, M N ^b   Chowdhury, M I ^b   Kamal, M ^b   Bardhan, D K ^a   Chakraborty, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^b Radiation Testing Laboratory   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Dose; Dosimetry, personnel; Dosimetry, thermoluminescent; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PATIENT; PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; X RAY;

EID: 0031938479     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199804000-00010     Document Type: Article

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