Ambient dose equivalent conversion factors for high energy neutrons based on the ICRP 60 recommendations

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 383-386

  Sannikov, A V ^a   Savitskaya, E N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 0030889968     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031982     Document Type: Conference Paper

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