Calculated fluence spectra at neutron therapy facilities

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 481-484

  Ross, M A ^a   DeLuca Jr , P M ^a   Jones, D T L ^b   Lennox, A ^c   Maughan, R L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (South Africa)

^c FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Harper Grace Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OXYGEN;

CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; MUSCLE TISSUE; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030890481     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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