Ames collaborative study of cosmic ray neutrons: Mid-latitude flights

Health Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1978, Pages 375-384

  Hewitt, J E ^a   Hughes, L ^a   Baum, J W ^b   Kuehner, A V ^b   McCaslin, J B ^c   Hindi, A ^c   Smith, A R ^c   Stephens, L D ^c   Thomas, R H ^c   Griffith, R V ^d   Welles, C G ^e  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; AVIATION; COSMIC RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PREVENTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; COSMIC RADIATION; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 0017806322     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-197804000-00008     Document Type: Article

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