Depth dependence of absorbed dose, dose equivalent and linear energy transfer spectra of galactic and trapped particles in polyethylene and comparison with calculations of models

Radiation Research

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-218

  Badhwar, Gautam D ^a   Cucinotta, Francis A ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPACE FLIGHT;

NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS SHUTTLE PROJECT; STS-81 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

COSMIC RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYETHYLENES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0031914929     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579953     Document Type: Article

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