Standardisation of superheated drop and bubble detectors

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 101, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 283-287

  Vanhavere, F ^a   D'Errico, F ^b  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY YIELD; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DETECTOR; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0036387920     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a005987     Document Type: Article

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