Corrections to air kerma and exposure measured with free air ionisation chambers for charge of photoelectrons, Compton electrons and auger electrons

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 410-418

  Takata, N ^a   Begum, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATOM; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; COMPTON EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; ENERGY ABSORPTION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

AIR; AIR IONIZATION; ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; IONS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 54949151458     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn093     Document Type: Article

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