Age-dependent dose in organs per unit air kerma free-in-air: Conversion coefficients for environmental exposure

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-44

  Contit, C C ^a   Bertelli, L ^a   Lopes, R T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ORGAN; PHANTOM; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 0032831712     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032923     Document Type: Article

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