Performance and approval procedures for active personal dosemeters

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 144, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 144-149

  Ginjaume, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTON; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GERMANY; HUMANS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79953742978     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq457     Document Type: Review

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