Radiation-induced damage analysed by luminescence methods in retrospective dosimetry and emergency response

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-306

  Woda, Clemens ^a   Bassinet, Céline ^b   Trompier, François ^b   Bortolin, Emanuela ^c,d   Della Monaca, Sara ^c,e   Fattibene, Paola ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

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

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Fortuitous dosimeters; Optically stimulated luminescence; Population triage; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350304609     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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