Shielding experiment of heavy-ion produced neutrons using a tissue-equivalent proportional counter

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-218

  Nunomiya, T ^a   Yonai, S ^a   Takada, M ^b   Fukumura, A ^b   Nakamura, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COPPER; HEAVY ION;

ARTICLE; HEAVY ION RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PARTICLE RADIATION; PROPORTIONAL COUNTER; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SHIELD; THICKNESS;

EID: 0347589484     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006351     Document Type: Article

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