Altitude variation of cosmic-ray neutrons

Health Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 509-517

  Nakamura, T ^a   Uwamino, Y ^b   Ohkubo, T ^b   Hara, A ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Technical Research Institute of Hazama Gumi Ltd ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; GEOGRAPHY; NEUTRON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING;

ALTITUDE; COSMIC RADIATION; GEOGRAPHY; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING;

EID: 0023445563     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-198711000-00008     Document Type: Article

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