ESR investigation of joint use of dentin and tooth enamel to estimate photon and neutron dose components of a mixed field

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 191-196

  Trompier, Francois ^a   Tikunov, D D ^a,b   Ivannikov, A ^a   Clairand, I ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b MEDICAL RADIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTIN; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETER; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENAMEL; FISSION NEUTRON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHOTON; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTIFACTS; BODY BURDEN; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; NEUTRONS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33749831813     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci650     Document Type: Article

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