On the conversion coefficients for cosmic ray dosimetry

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 211-220

  Ferrari, A ^a,b   Pelliccioni, Maurizio ^c  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD;

EID: 0141559018     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006184     Document Type: Article

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