Special radiation protection aspects of medical accelerators

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 381-392

  Silari, M ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOTRON; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PATIENT; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; SAFETY; SYNCHROTRON; THICKNESS;

EID: 0035704699     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006626     Document Type: Article

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