bremsstrahlung dose rate off off beta emitters

[Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>]

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>Can anyone recommend a reference (or does anyone have measurements)
>specifying
>1. the bremsstrahlung dose rates off beta emitting sources (e.g. P-32,
>Sr-90) in water or tissue? (And I need an answer more quantitative than
>"not very much").
>2. the broad-beam transmission of these bremsstrahlung photons through Pb
>and concrete?
>Thanks-
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>Douglas J. Simpkin, Ph.D.
>Certified Radiation Physicist
>St. Luke's Medical Center
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