Simultaneous detection of As and Se in polyester resin skin phantoms

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 743-745

  Gherase, Mihai R ^a   Vallee, Marc E ^a   Fleming, David E B ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Selenium; Skin; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

DETECTION LIMITS; HUMAN BODIES; PIN DETECTOR; POLYESTER RESIN; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION; SKIN PHANTOM; TRACE CONCENTRATIONS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ARSENIC; DETECTORS; FLUORESCENCE; POLYESTER RESINS; RESINS; SELENIUM; X RAY TUBES;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARSENIC; POLYESTER; RESIN; SELENIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X RAY TUBE;

ARSENIC; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELENIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 77649232077     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.09.037     Document Type: Article

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