The cosmic ray induced neutron spectrum at the summit of the Zugspitze (2963m)

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 405-408

  Schraube, H ^a   Jakes, J ^a   Sannikov, A ^a,c   Weitzenegger, E ^a   Roesler, S ^b   Heinrich, W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; ALTITUDE; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0030932390     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031986     Document Type: Conference Paper

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