In vivo EPR dosimetry of accidental exposures to radiation: Experimental results indicating the feasibility of practical use in human subjects

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1031-1038

  Miyake, Minoru ^a   Liu, Ke J ^a   Walczak, Tadeusz M ^a   Swartz, Harold M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION DETECTION; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTROMETER; TECHNIQUE; TOOTH; X IRRADIATION;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANIMALS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOMETRY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH;

EID: 0034658468     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00053-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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