Effective dose per unit fluence calculated for adults and a 7 year old girl in broad antero-posterior beams of monoenergetic electrons of 0.1 to 10 MeV

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-186

  Schultz, F W ^a   Zoetelief, J ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON RADIATION; PHANTOM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031004062     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031902     Document Type: Article

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