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[Occupational problems from exposure to roentgen rays].

D Kluszczyński·J Jankowski
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The authors analysed methodological problems concerning the use of film dosimetry in the evaluation of annual doses received by workers exposed to X-radiation. This is mainly related to nonlinearity of the optical density of films dependent on the dose and the photon energy. The set of four filters solved these problems. The evaluation of occupational exposure among workers being in contract with X-radiation sources in 1996 as well as the analysis of data on occupational exposure followed since 1966 are presented.

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D Kluszczyński, J Jankowski. 1998. [Occupational problems from exposure to roentgen rays].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9695063/

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