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MeSH Heading: Radiometry
Tree Number(s): E05.799
Unique ID: D011874
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011874
Annotation: IM general only for measurement of radiation & techniques & equipment related to it; NIM as coordinate with specific radiation (IM) for measurement of its radiations; do not use with radioisotope tracers for measurement of amount of radiation emitted by the tracer: Manual 29.14; ionization chambers: index under RADIOMETRY / instrum
Scope Note: The measurement of radiation by photography, as in x-ray film and film badge, by Geiger-Mueller tube, and by SCINTILLATION COUNTING.
Entry Term(s): Dosimetry, Radiation; Geiger Counter; Geiger-Mueller Counter Tube; Geiger-Mueller Counters; Geiger-Mueller Probe; Geiger-Mueller Tube; Nuclear Track Detection; Radiation Counter; Radiation Dosimetry
Public MeSH Note: GEIGER-MUELLER COUNTER was see under RADIOMETRY 1963-77
Online Note: use RADIOMETRY to search GEIGER-MUELLER COUNTER 1966-77
History Note: GEIGER-MUELLER COUNTER was see under RADIOMETRY 1963-77
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Concept UI: M0018435
Scope Note: A radiation counter that uses a radiation-counter tube, operated in the Geiger range, to detect and count ionizing particles. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
Terms: Geiger-Mueller Counters Preferred Term
Term UI T035059
Date04/28/1977
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Geiger Counter
Term UI T715502
Date03/03/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Geiger-Mueller Counter Tube
Term UI T715503
Date03/03/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Geiger-Mueller Probe
Term UI T715505
Date03/03/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Geiger-Mueller Tube
Term UI T715504
Date03/03/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009)

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