Thermoluminescence measurements of neutron dose around a medical linac

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 101, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 493-496

  Barquero, R ^a   Mendez R ^a   Iniguez M P ^a   Vega, H R ^a   Voytchev, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM; PARAFFIN; POLYETHYLENE; TITANIUM; WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHANTOM; RADIATION FIELD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0036390462     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006035     Document Type: Article

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