The effective dose equivalent and effective dose for hot particles on the skin

Health Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-70

  Xu, X George ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose equivalent, effective; Hot particles; Monte Carlo; Skin dose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BODY SURFACE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; UNITED STATES; ALGORITHM; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOREIGN BODY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

COBALT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 21544437433     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000156961.73455.0e     Document Type: Article

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