Measurement of dose rate at the interface of cell culture medium and glass dishes by means of ESR dosimetry using thin films of alanine

Radiation Research

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-82

  Furre, Torbjørn ^a   Bergstrand, Eva Stabell ^b   Pedersen, Eivind ^a   Koritzinsky, Marianne ^a   Olsen, Dag Rune ^a   Hole, Eli Olaug ^b   Pettersen, Erik Olai ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLASS;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; X RAY;

ALANINE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GLASS; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; SOLUTIONS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033027239     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3580052     Document Type: Article

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