Monte Carlo calculation of dose rate conversion factors for external exposure to photon emitters in soil

Health Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 295-302

  Clouvas, A ^a   Xanthos, S ^a   Antonopoulos Domis, M ^a   Silva, J ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Absorbed; Dose; External; Gamma radiation; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GAMMA RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFERENCE VALUE; SOIL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORY;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 0033974509     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200003000-00007     Document Type: Article

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