UV effects in tooth enamel and their possible application in epr dosimetry with front teeth

Health Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 360-368

  Sholom, S ^a   Desrosiers, M ^b   Chumak, V ^a   Luckyanov, N ^c   Simon, S L ^c   Bouville, A ^c  

^a Research Center for Radiation Medicine   (Ukraine)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Dose assessment; Dosimetry; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENAMEL; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTIFACTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DENTAL ENAMEL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 75649134599     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000348002.69740.bd     Document Type: Article

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