Relationship between protection and operational quantities in dosimetry of photon external exposure - Deficiencies of Hp(10)

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-111

  Chumak, V V ^a   Bakhanova, E V ^a  

^a Radiation Protection Institute Kiev   (Ukraine)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0041591269     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006170     Document Type: Article

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