Sex-specific tissue weighting factors for effective dose equivalent calculations

Health Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-86

  Xu, X G ^a   Reece, W D ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

dose equivalent, effective; Monte Carlo; phantom; photons

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030048584     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199601000-00012     Document Type: Article

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