On the determination of the post-irradiation time from the glow curve of TLD-100

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-130

  Weinstein, M ^b   German, U ^b   Dubinsky, S ^a   Alfassi, Z B ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IRRADIATION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TIME;

EID: 0345329964     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006341     Document Type: Article

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