Dose-response relationships for radicals trapped in irradiated solids

Radiation Research

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 673-680

  Nelson, William H ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADICAL;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; IONIZING RADIATION; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPOLYMERS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FREE RADICALS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 19544394590     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3372     Document Type: Article

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