Calculation of the radiation environment caused by galactic cosmic rays for determining air crew exposure

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-114

  Ferrari, A ^a   Pelliccioni, M ^a   Rancati, T ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIMULATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; AVIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0035142252     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006418     Document Type: Article

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