Radial distribution of electron spectra from high-energy ions

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 259-265

  Cucinotta, Francis A ^a   Katz, Robert ^b   Wilson, John W ^c  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MICRODOSIMETRY; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE;

NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRONS; HELIUM; IONS; IRON; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEON; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032425050     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050127     Document Type: Article

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