Combined effects of high doses and temperature on radiation-induced radicals and their relative contributions to EPR signal in gamma-irradiated alanine

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 184-190

  Ciesielski, Bartlomiej ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; COBALT 60; RADICAL;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHOTON; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIGNAL DETECTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ALANINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FREE RADICALS; GAMMA RAYS; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33749828337     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci503     Document Type: Article

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