Estimation of radiation levels by EPR measurement of tooth enamel in Indian populations

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 62, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 207-211

  El Faramawy, N A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

EPR; Radiation levels; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; POPULATION STATISTICS; RADIATION EFFECTS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADDITIVE-DOSE METHOD; BACKGROUND RADIATION; ENAMEL-ABSORBED DOSE;

TOOTH ENAMEL;

CALIBRATION; CITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENAMEL; ETHNIC GROUP; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MEASUREMENT; MOLAR TOOTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TOOTH; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 10644255582     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.08.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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