Review of reconstruction of radiation incident air kerma by measurement of absorbed dose in tooth enamel with EPR

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-78

  Wieser, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENAMEL; HUMAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; REVIEW; TOOTH;

AIR; DENTAL ENAMEL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMANS; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; TOOTH;

EID: 84858714898     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr446     Document Type: Review

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