Ammonium formate, a compound for sensitive EPR dosimetry

Radiation Research

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 464-470

  Gustafsson, H ^a   Olsson, S ^b   Lund, A ^a   Lund, E ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMMONIUM FORMATE; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME;

ALANINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETICS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FORMIC ACIDS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2442522187     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3142     Document Type: Article

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