Galactic and solar radiation exposure to aircrew during a solar cycle

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 207-227

  Lewis, B J ^a   Bennett, L G I ^a   Green, A R ^a   McCall, M J ^a   Ellaschuk, B ^a   Butler, A ^a   Pierre, M ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLIGHT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; MODULATION; NEUTRON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; SOLAR RADIATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; AVIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; IONIZING RADIATION; ISS PROJECT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; METHODOLOGY; MIR PROJECT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLAR ENERGY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; ISS PROJECT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; AVIATION; BACKGROUND RADIATION; CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0036028971     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006091     Document Type: Article

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