Comparison of two extremity dosemeters based on LiF:Mg,Cu,P thin detectors for mixed beta-gamma fields

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 316-320

  Ginjaume, Merce ^a   Perez S ^a   Ortega, X ^a   Duch, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FLUORINE; LITHIUM; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETER; GAMMA RADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

BETA PARTICLES; BETA RAYS; COPPER; FLUORIDES; GAMMA RAYS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOSPHORUS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33749818526     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci586     Document Type: Article

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