Scattered fractions of dose from 6, 10, 18, and 25 MV linear accelerator X rays in radiotherapy facilities

Health Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-35

  Shobe, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerators, medical; Medical radiation; Photons; Shielding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0032909299     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199901000-00005     Document Type: Article

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