Neutron spectra at flight altitudes and their radiological estimation

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1727-1738

  Schraube, H ^a   Leuthold, G ^a   Roesler, S ^b   Heinrich, W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AVIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; RISK; SPECTROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ATMOSPHERE; AVIATION; COSMIC RADIATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032227922     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(98)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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