Analysis of current assessments and perspectives of ESR tooth dosimetry for radiation dose reconstruction of the population residing near the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. A, 2006, Pages

  Romanyukha, Alex ^a   Schauer, David A ^b   Malikov, Yurii K ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL COUNCIL ON RADIATION PROTECTION AND MEASUREMENTS   (United States)

^c URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biological dosimetry; ESR dosimetry; Low dose exposure; Nuclear explosion test; Semipalatinsk

Indexed keywords

ENAMELS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; TESTING; TOOTH ENAMEL;

'CURRENT; BIOLOGICAL DOSIMETRY; DOSE ESTIMATIONS; ESR DOSIMETRY; LOW-DOSE EXPOSURES; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION TEST; NUCLEAR TESTS; RADIATION DOSE RECONSTRUCTION; SEMIPALATINSK; SEMIPALATINSK NUCLEAR TEST SITES;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33645415907     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.47.A55     Document Type: Article

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