Experimental verification and calculation of aviation route doses

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 309-315

  Schraube, H ^a   Mares, V ^b   Roesler, S ^c   Heinrich, W ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; AVIATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING;

EID: 0032758021     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032963     Document Type: Conference Paper

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