Intercomparison exercise with MeV neutrons using various electronic personal dosimeters

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 2-6, 2008, Pages 1063-1067

  Wielunski, M ^a   Wahl, W ^a   EL Faramawy, N ^a   Ruhm W ^a   Luszik Bhadra, M ^b   Roos, H ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neutron dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NEUTRONS;

GERMANY; INTERCOMPARISON EXERCISE; IRRADIATION FACILITIES; MONO ENERGETIC NEUTRONS; NEUTRON ENERGIES; PERSONAL DOSIMETERS;

DOSIMETERS;

EID: 45149089468     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.10.017     Document Type: Article

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