The use of active personal dosemeters as a personal monitoring device: Comparison with TL dosimetry

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 144, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 173-176

  Boziari, A ^a   Koukorava, C ^a   Carinou, E ^a   Hourdakis, C J ^a   Kamenopoulou, V ^a  

^a GREEK ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CESIUM;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

CALIBRATION; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 79953745313     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq545     Document Type: Article

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