A TLD-based personal dosemeter system for aircrew monitoring

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 337-341

  Hajek, M ^a   Berger, T ^a   Vana, N ^a  

^a TU WIEN   (Austria)

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Indexed keywords

LITHIUM FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; AVIATION; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVALUATION; FLIGHT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LINEAR SYSTEM; NEUTRON RADIATION; PERSONAL MONITORING; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 4644240508     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch209     Document Type: Article

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