Air crew exposure on long-haul flights of the belgian airlines

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-148

  Verhaegen, F ^a,b   Poffijn, A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD;

EID: 0034105368     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a033031     Document Type: Article

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