W values in propane-based tissue-equivalent gas

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 33-36

  Bronic I K ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPANE; PROTON;

ALPHA RADIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0030994777     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031969     Document Type: Conference Paper

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