Application of the MAX/EGS4 exposure model to the dosimetry of the Yanango radiation accident

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3681-3695

  Kramer, R ^a   Santos, A M ^a   Brayner, C A O ^a   Khoury, H J ^a   Vieira, J W ^b   Lima, F R A ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; TISSUE;

NUCLEAR-RELATED INDUSTRY; RADIOSENSITIVE ORGANS; VOXEL DEPTH;

DOSIMETRY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PERU; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23744472569     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/16/003     Document Type: Article

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