A prototype ionisation chamber as a secondary standard for the measurement of personal dose equivalent, H(p)(10), on a slab phantom

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-173

  Ankerhold, U ^a   Behrens, R ^a   Ambrosi, P ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; X RAY;

EID: 0033430191     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032939     Document Type: Review

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