Comparison and assessment of electron cross sections for Monte Carlo track structure codes

Radiation Research

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 202-213

  Uehara, Shuzo ^a   Nikjoo, Hooshang ^b   Goodhead, Dudley T ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON RADIATION; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARTICLE RADIATION; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOBIOLOGY; WATER VAPOR;

DNA DAMAGE; ELASTICITY; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION EFFECTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0032854757     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3580095     Document Type: Article

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