Calculation of absorbed energy in the gastrointestinal tract

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 300-306

  Poston Jr , J W ^a   Kodimer, K A ^b   Bolch, W E ^c   Poston Sr , J W ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

dose; dosimetry; Monte Carlo; photons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0029819480     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199609000-00005     Document Type: Article

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