Electronic personal dosemeters: The solution to problems of individual monitoring in mixed neutron/photon fields?

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 747-752

  Luszik Bhadra, Marlies ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC SENSOR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PROCESS DESIGN; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ARTIFACTS; BODY BURDEN; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NEUTRONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 4644310822     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch181     Document Type: Review

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