Active neutron personal dosimetry - Concepts and recent approaches

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 85, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 21-26

  Alberts, W G ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EMULSION; ENERGY; EUROPEAN UNION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LIGHT; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PERSONAL MONITORING; PHOTON; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0032764891     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032836     Document Type: Conference Paper

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