Measurement of contaminant removal from skin using a portable fluorescence scanning system

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 196-204

  Hession, Helena ^a   Byrne, Miriam ^a   Cleary, S ^a   Andersson, K G ^b   Roed, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clearance; Dose assessment; Fluorescence scanning; Particles; Skin

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CONTAMINATION; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; RADIOISOTOPES; SKIN;

CLEARANCE; DOSE ASSESSMENT; FLUORESCENCE SCANNING; PARTICLES;

IMPURITIES;

RADIOISOTOPE;

RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENCE; HAIR; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DOSAGE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SKIN;

EID: 27844444458     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.07.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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