Application of lithium fluoride dosemeters (TLD-600) in the photoneutron field mapping of a medical linear accelerator

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 66, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 255-258

  Mukherjee, B ^a   Clerke, W ^b   Kron, T ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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EID: 2242452469     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031729     Document Type: Article

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