Fourth intercomparison of personal dosemeters used in US Department of Energy accelerator facilities

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 77-86

  Stewart, R D ^a   McDonald, J C ^a   Otto, T ^b   Loesch, R M ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSIMETER; GOVERNMENT; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON RADIATION; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 0033965282     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032988     Document Type: Article

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