Neyman-Pearson confidence intervals for extreme low-level, paired counting

Health Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 186-190

  Potter, William E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer calculations; Counting efficiency; Detection limits; Radiation, low level

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032906277     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199902000-00011     Document Type: Article

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