Response characteristics of thermoluminescence and alanine-based dosemeters to 16 and 25 MeV proton beams

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 85, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 353-356

  Bartolotta, A ^a   Barone Tonghi, L ^b   Brai, M ^a   Cuttone, G ^b   Fattibene, P ^c   Onori, S ^c   Raffaele, L ^d   Rovelli, A ^b   Sabini, M G ^b   Teri, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d Ist Sci dei Tumori di Genova sez   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; COBALT 60; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); TITANIUM;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; PROTON RADIATION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

EID: 13044275659     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032870     Document Type: Conference Paper

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