The dosimetry system DS86 and the neutron discrepancy in Hiroshima - Historical review, present status, and future options

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 293-310

  Ruhm W ^a   Kellerer, A M ^a   Korschinek, G ^b   Faestermann, T ^b   Knie, K ^a   Rugel, G ^a   Kato, K ^c   Nolte, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Suzugamine Women's College   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; DOSIMETRY; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ARGON; BERYLLIUM; BORON; GAMMA RAYS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; JAPAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUTRONS; NICKEL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0032428644     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050131     Document Type: Article

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