Depth-dose distribution in bricks determined by thermoluminescence and by Monte-Carlo calculation for external γ-dose reconstruction

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 433-440

  Goksu H Y ^a   Heide, L M ^b   Bougrov, N G ^c   Dalheimer, A R ^b   Meckbach, R ^a   Jacob, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Strahlenhygiene des BfS   (Germany)

^c Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRICK; CALCULATIONS; CESIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; WATER LEVELS;

DEPTH DOSE DISTRIBUTION; EXTERNAL GAMMA DOSE RECONSTRUCTION; TECHA RIVER;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

EID: 0342961835     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0969-8043(95)00312-6     Document Type: Article

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