A semi-empirical approach to the evaluation of the relative biological effectiveness of therapeutic proton beams: The methodological framework

Radiation Research

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 592-598

  Belli, M ^a   Campa, A ^a   Ermolli, I ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Astronomical Observatory   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL LINE; CHINESE HAMSTER; EYE TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0030689792     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579735     Document Type: Article

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