Towards quality excellence in radioanalytical laboratories at STUK, Finland

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue C, 2006, Pages 629-639

  Ikäheimonen, Tarja K ^a   Klemola, Seppo ^a   Vesterbacka, Pia ^a  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gamma spectrometry; Quality assurance; Radiochemical analyses; Radiometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449534946     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(05)08050-2     Document Type: Review

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