Estimated neutron dose to embryo and foetus during commercial flight

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 475-480

  Chen, Jing ^a   Lewis, B J ^b   Bennett, L G I ^b   Green, A R ^b   Tracy, B L ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN REGION; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; AIRCRAFT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

AIRCRAFT; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 25144521338     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch493     Document Type: Article

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