Determination of ambient and personal dose equivalent for personnel and cargo security screening

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 429-437

  Hupe, Oliver ^a   Ankerhold, U ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IONIZING RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; SOCIAL SECURITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; X RAY;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; BODY BURDEN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY MEASURES; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING; X-RAYS;

EID: 33846102041     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl047     Document Type: Article

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