Active neutron personal dosemeters - A review of current status

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-122

  Bartlett, D T ^a   Tanner, R J ^a   Thomas, D J ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON 10; FUEL; GLASS FIBER; ION; LITHIUM; SILICON;

DIODE; ELECTRON RADIATION; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIGHT; METEOROLOGY; NEUTRON DOSIMETER; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONAL MONITORING; PHOTON; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SHIELD; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROMETER; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032722494     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032930     Document Type: Review

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