In-flight measurements of radiation fields and doses

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 297-301

  Tommasino, L ^a  

^a ANPA Agenzia Naz per P   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; EUROPE; IONIZING RADIATION; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SPECTROMETER; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032755484     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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