Measurements of clinically significant doses of ionizing radiation using non-invasive in vivo EPR spectroscopy of teeth in situ

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 62, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 293-299

  Swartz, Harold M ^a   Iwasaki, Akinori ^a   Walczak, Tadeusz ^a   Demidenko, Eugene ^a   Salikov, Ildar ^a   Lesniewski, Piotr ^a   Starewicz, Piotr ^b   Schauer, David ^c   Romanyukha, Alex ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Resonance Research Inc   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

After the fact dosimetry; EPR; In vivo; Radiation accidents; Retrospective dosimetry; Teeth; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DENTISTRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZING RADIATION; MILITARY OPERATIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MEDICAL TREATMENT; NUCLEAR WARFARE; TERRORISM;

DOSIMETRY;

ABSORPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; TERRORISM;

EID: 10644236210     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.08.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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