Passive dosimetry aboard the Mir Orbital Station: Internal measurements

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 439-455

  Benton, Eric R ^a   Benton, E V ^b   Frank, A L ^b  

^a Eril Research Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; COSMIC RAYS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SPACE STATIONS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

PASSIVE DOSIMETRY;

DOSIMETRY;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MICROCLIMATE; MIR PROJECT; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 9401620; NEUTRON; NON-NASA CENTER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPACE FLIGHT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NASA EXPERIMENT NUMBER 9401620; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; COSMIC RADIATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRONS; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0036772032     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(02)00075-6     Document Type: Article

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