Photon energy dependence of three fortuitous dosemeters from personal electronic devices, measured by optically stimulated luminescence

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 294-299

  Beerten, Koen ^a   Vanhavere, Filip ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954733179     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq108     Document Type: Article

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