Electron paramagnetic resonance radiation dosimetry in fingernails

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-10

  Trompier, F ^a   Romanyukha, A ^b   Kornak, L ^a   Calas, C ^a   LeBlanc, B ^a   Mitchell, C ^b   Swartz, H ^c   Clairand, I ^a  

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

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

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; EPR; Fingernails

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DENTISTRY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENAMELS; IONIZING RADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; PARAMAGNETISM; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOACTIVITY; RESONANCE; TOOTH ENAMEL;

ACCIDENT DOSIMETRIES; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; DOSE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCES; EMERGENCY CONDITIONS; EPR; FINGERNAILS; HIGH POTENTIALS; INDUCED SIGNALS; PHYSICAL METHODS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSIMETERS; RADIATION-INDUCED RADICALS; RETROSPECTIVE DOSIMETRIES; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS;

PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 60249101147     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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