Electron paramagnetic resonance in human fingernails: The sponge model implication

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 515-526

  Reyes, R A ^a   Romanyukha, A ^a   Trompier, F ^c   Mitchell, C A ^a   Clairand, I ^c   De, T ^d   Benevides, L A ^b   Swartz, H M ^e  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b United States Naval Dosimetry Center   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND SIGNALS; DOSE DEPENDENCES; DOSE MEASUREMENTS; DOSIMETRIC PROPERTIES; ELASTIC AND PLASTIC DEFORMATIONS; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCES; EPR DOSIMETRIES; HUMAN FINGERNAILS; IN VIVO MEASUREMENTS; IN-VIVO; INDUCED SIGNALS; MECHANICAL DEFORMATIONS; MECHANICAL STRESSES; NONLINEAR; VOID SPACES;

ABS RESINS; ABSORPTION; ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; DEFORMATION; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTERLOCKING SIGNALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; PARAMAGNETISM; PARTICLE DETECTORS; QUANTUM THEORY; RESONANCE; STRESSES; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; VOID FRACTION;

PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE;

GELATIN SPONGE; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FINGER NAIL; FINGER TIP INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICAL STRESS; POROSITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMANS; NAILS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DUDLEYA EDULIS;

EID: 54049132449     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-008-0178-8     Document Type: Article

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