The measurement using passive dosemeters of the neutron component of aircraft crew dose

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 28, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 519-524

  Bartlett, D T ^a   Tanner, R J ^a   Hager, L G ^a   Lavelle, J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft crew exposure; Cosmic radiation; Dosimetry; Neutrons; PADC track detectors

Indexed keywords

CR 39; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NEUTRON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMANS; NEUTRONS; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

AIRCRAFT; NEUTRONS; POLYCARBONATES; RADIATION DETECTORS; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL;

AIRCRAFT CREW EXPOSURE; POLYALLYLDIGLYCOL CARBONATE; POLYMERIC TRACK DETECTORS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0031282853     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)00131-5     Document Type: Article

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