Shielding properties of lead-free protective clothing and their impact on radiation doses

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4270-4280

  Schlattl, Helmut ^a   Zankl, Maria ^a   Eder, Heinrich ^b   Hoeschen, Christoph ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Environment Agency   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lead equivalence value; Protective clothing

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HOSIERY MANUFACTURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION SHIELDING;

ATTENUATION FACTORS; BREAST TISSUES; LEAD EQUIVALENCE; LEAD-FREE MATERIAL; SECONDARY RADIATIONS; SHIELDING CAPABILITY; SHIELDING PROPERTIES; WHOLE BODY IRRADIATION;

TIN COMPOUNDS;

BISMUTH; TIN;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IRRADIATION; LEAD FREE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SHIELD; TUBE; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 35648930912     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2786861     Document Type: Article

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