A thermoluminescence study of mineral silicates extracted from herbs in the dose range 0.5–5 Gy

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 53-54, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-79

  Della Monaca, Sara ^a   Fattibene, Paola ^a,b   Bortolin, Emanuela ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ionizing radiation; Retrospective dosimetry; Silicates; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION SHIELDING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICATES;

BACKGROUND SIGNALS; CHARACTERIZATION MEASUREMENT; DOSE RECONSTRUCTION; DOSE-RESPONSE CURVES; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; HIGH TEMPERATURE HEATING; RETROSPECTIVE DOSIMETRY; TEMPERATURE INTEGRATION;

THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 85068178829     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2013.03.023     Document Type: Article

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