Extremity ring dosimetry intercomparison in reference and workplace fields

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-72

  Ginjaume, Merce ^a   Carinou, E ^b   Donadille, L ^c   Jankowski, J ^d   Rimpler, A ^e   Sans Merce, M ^f   Vanhavere, F ^g   Denoziere, M ^h   Daures, J ^h   Bordy, J M ^h   Itie, C ^c   Covens, P ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b GREEK ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Greece)

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

^d NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^e BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^g BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^h CEA SACLAY   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; FLUORINE 18; KRYPTON 85; PROMETHIUM 147; STRONTIUM 90; TECHNETIUM 99M; YTTRIUM 90;

BETA RADIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTON; POSITRON; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE;

BETA RAYS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTONS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 56349133963     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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