High-energy response of passive dosemeters in use at LANL

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 326-332

  Olsher, Richard H ^a   Mclean, Thomas D ^a   Mallett, Michael W ^a   Romero, Leonard I ^a   Devine, Robert T ^a   Hoffman, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOTRON; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; NEUTRON RADIATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; SWEDEN; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; WORKPLACE; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON; NUCLEAR REACTOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LABORATORIES; NEUTRONS; NEW MEXICO; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52249103812     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm068     Document Type: Article

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