A blueprint for radioanalytical metrology CRMs, intercomparisons, and PE

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 835-840

  Inn, Kenneth G W ^a   Kurosaki, Hiromu ^a   Frechou, Carole ^b   Gilligan, Chris ^c   Jones, Robert ^d   LaMont, Stephen ^e   Leggitt, Jeff ^f   Li, Chunsheng ^g   McCroan, Keith ^h   Swatski, Ronald ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DIF   (France)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^g HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^h U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

ⁱ USACHPPM   (United States)

Author keywords

CRMs; Emergency response; Environmental; Intercomparisons; Nuclear forensics; Performance evaluations; Radiobioassay

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT THEORY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (PE); RADIOANALYTICAL METROLOGY; RADIOBIOASSAY;

RADIOISOTOPES;

ACTINIDE; AMERICIUM 241; CALIFORNIUM 252; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 241; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM 89; STRONTIUM 90; TRITIUM; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM 88;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPE LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITOR; RADIOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 43049175041     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.02.022     Document Type: Article

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