On the use of LiF:Mg,Ti thermoluminescence dosemeters in space - A critical review

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-24

  Horowitz, Yigal S ^a   Satinger, D ^b   Fuks, E ^a   Oster, L ^c   Podpalov, L ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

^c NEGEV ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM; TITANIUM;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRON; PARTICLE RADIATION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SPACE; STANDARDIZATION; THEORY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0242438039     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006337     Document Type: Review

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