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Measurement techniques for radium and the actinides in man at the Center for Human Radiobiology

Toohey et al., 1983

Document ID
12421031574723398850
Author
Toohey R
Keane A
Rundo J
Publication year
Publication venue
Health physics

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Various techniques are employed to determine the amounts, retention, and distribution of radioactivity in human subjects in vivo. The principal method is gamma-ray spectrometry with large NaI (Tl) scintillation crystals (“whole-body counting”). The geometries used …
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