Simulation of neutron interactions at the single-cell level

Radiation Research

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 650-656

  Alard, Jean Pierre ^a   Bodez, Véronique ^a   Tchirkov, Andrei ^a   Nénot, Marie Laure ^a   Arnold, Jack ^a   Crespin, Sylvain ^a   Rapp, Maryse ^a   Verrelle, Pierre ^a   Dionet, Claude ^a  

^a CENTRE JEAN PERRIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL KILLING; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; FISSION NEUTRON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036842273     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2002)158[0650:SONIAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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