Alanine radicals, part 4: Relative amounts of radical species in alanine dosimeters after exposure to 6-19 MeV electrons and 10 kV-15 MV photons

Radiation Research

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-153

  Malinen, Eirik ^a   Hult, Elin A ^b   Hole, Eli O ^a   Sagstuen, Einar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; RADICAL;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; IRRADIATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE;

ALANINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; FREE RADICALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTONS; X-RAYS;

EID: 0037314829     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2003)159[0149:ARPRAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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