Cosmic rays and dosimetry at aviation altitudes

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 579-584

  O'Sullivan, D ^a   Zhou, D ^a   Heinrich, W ^b   Roesler, S ^b   Donnelly, J ^a   Keegan, R ^a   Flood, E ^a   Tommasino, L ^c  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c Agenzia Nazionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CALIBRATION; CHARGED PARTICLES; DOSIMETRY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAVY IONS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AVIATION ALTITUDES; COSMIC RADIATION FIELD; FLIGHT INSTRUMENTATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS;

COSMIC RAYS;

CR 39; HEAVY ION; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; PROTON;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; AVIATION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0032590660     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(99)00131-6     Document Type: Article

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