Fluence to effective dose and effective dose equivalent conversion coefficients for electrons from 5 MeV to 10 GeV

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-104

  Ferrari, A ^a   Pelliccioni, M ^b   Pillon, M ^c  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^c ASSOCIAZIONE EURATOM ENEA SULLA FUSIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0031037975     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031899     Document Type: Article

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