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Radiation Monitoring

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Advances in Radiation Protection and Dosimetry in Medicine

Part of the book series: Ettore Majorana International Science Series ((EMISS,volume 2))

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In the strict sense, this paper will not discuss any real “advances” in radiation monitoring. What is presented here has been known and applied at high-energy accelerator laboratories for several years. However, the increasing application of a variety of high-LET radiations, produced by accelerators, to radiodiagnosis and radiotherapy which have been described in this course has led to the need to more widely disseminate this knowledge.

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    Victor Perez-Mendez

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Thomas, R.H. (1980). Radiation Monitoring. In: Thomas, R.H., Perez-Mendez, V. (eds) Advances in Radiation Protection and Dosimetry in Medicine. Ettore Majorana International Science Series, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1715-0_27

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