In vivo measurements of 241Am in the human skeleton

Kerntechnik

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-71

  Truckenbrodt, R ^a   Ruhm W ^b   Konig K ^a  

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^b Institut für Strahlenbiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; CALIBRATION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES;

SKULL PHANTOMS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0342572604     PISSN: 09323902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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