Physics of cosmic radiation fields

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 253-258

  Heinrich, W ^a   Roesler, S ^b   Schraube, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY; MODEL; PHYSICS; RADIATION SHIELD; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTRUM;

EID: 0032726680     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032953     Document Type: Conference Paper

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