Dependencies of the radiation sensitivity of human tooth enamel in EPR dosimetry.
The EPR dose response of tooth enamel was determined for human molars collected in Egypt. The influence of age, gender and residence of the tooth donors as well as tooth position and sample preparation on EPR sensitivity and its variability over the enamel samples was investigated. The EPR sensitivity and its variability were found to depend only on the sample preparation procedure. The variability in EPR sensitivity of enamel from Egyptian teeth was maximally 10% and the mean sensitivity was in good agreement with that of German teeth.
GSF-National Research Centre for Environment and Health, Institute for Radiation Protection, Neuherberg, Germany. wieser@gsf.de
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D000367:Age Factors; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004534:Egypt; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008963:Molar; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012737:Sex Factors