Nuclear data needs for neutron therapy and radiation protection

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Chadwick, M B ^a,c   DeLuca Jr , P M ^b   Haight, R C ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PROTON; TRITIUM;

BEAM THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; NEUTRON; RADIATION PROTECTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030974521     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031920     Document Type: Conference Paper

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