Comparison between anthropomorphic mathematical phantoms using MCNP and FLUKA codes

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 253-256

  Pelliccioni, M ^a   Pillon, M ^b  

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^b ASSOCIAZIONE EURATOM ENEA SULLA FUSIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ORGAN; PHANTOM; RADIATION PROTECTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029850327     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031825     Document Type: Article

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