On the uncertainty in activity measurements for samples containing "hot particles"

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1303-1306

  Shevchenko, S V ^a  

^a Debt Policy Division   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Hot particles; Measurement uncertainty; Radioactivity measurement

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ISOTOPES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

HOT PARTICLES; PARTICLE RADIUS; RANDOM QUANTITY;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

ARTICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION MONITORING; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAVY IONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4544368059     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.02.022     Document Type: Article

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