Calculation of radial dose distributions for heavy ions by a new analytical approach

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 55-58

  Chen, J ^a   Kellerer, A M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030935867     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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