An experimental study of detection limits and corresponding doses of IRSN in vivo monitoring vehicles in the case of post-accident scenarios

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Issue		Radioprotection Volume 49, Number 4, Octobre-Décembre 2014


Page(s)		261 - 268
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2014016
Published online		26 September 2014

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