Electron Spin Resonance (ESR)

["Flora, Jason" <jgf7@NIOSHE2.EM.CDC.GOV>]

Hello Radsafers!

I would like to have a discussion concerning the use of ESR.  Specifically 
what facilities
are using this technique to establish radiation dose and what are the limits 
of this
biodosimetry tool.

A very interesting paper, " Collective Biodosimetry as a Dosimetric 'Gold 
Standard':
A Study of Three Radiation Accidents"  by B. Pass et al was published in the 
March
1997 HP Journal with information on ESR.

(Comments are those of the author and may not represent the views of NIOSH 
or WESTAT)
                    Jason Flora/WESTAT
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                    DSHEFS/HERB
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