Concepts and quantities in spectrometry and radiation protection

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 23-35

  Bartlett, D T ^a   Chartier, J L ^b   Matzke, M ^c   Rimpler, A ^d   Thomas, D J ^e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^d BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PHOTON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0942266340     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006387     Document Type: Article

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