Relative thermoluminescence efficiency of TLD-600 and TLD-700 dosemeters irradiated with 59.8 MeV per nucleon krypton-86 ions

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 537-539

  Mukheriee, B ^a   Ronningen, R M ^b   Cross, P ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; KRYPTON; KRYPTON 86; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOTRON; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HEATING; LABORATORY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION DOSE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036390124     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a005931     Document Type: Article

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