The use of deciduous molars in EPR dose reconstruction

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 273-277

  El Faramawy, N ^a,b   Wieser, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION;

BACKGROUND SIGNAL; SIGNAL AMPLITUDES; SPECTRUM DECONVOLUTION;

PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENAMEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOLAR TOOTH; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; REDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BODY BURDEN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL ENAMEL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MOLAR; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 33644640145     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-005-0023-2     Document Type: Article

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