Dosimetry of blood irradiation using an alanine/ESR dosimeter

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-16

  Chen, F ^a   Covas, D T ^a,b   Baffa, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Hemocentro de Ribeirao Preto   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alanine; Blood products; Dosimetry; ESR; Graft vs. host disease; Quality control

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; IRRADIATION; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETERS;

TELETHERAPY;

DOSIMETRY;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ALANINE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0035053727     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00379-1     Document Type: Article

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