Evaluation of the doses to aircrew members taking into consideration the aircraft structures

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1645-1652

  Battistoni, G ^a   Ferrari, A ^a,b   Pelliccioni, M ^c   Villari, R ^c  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Ambient dose equivalent; Angular distribution; Dose assessment; Effective dose; Shielding

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CABINS (AIRCRAFT); COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GALAXIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION SHIELDING;

AMBIENT DOSE EQUIVALENT; ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; DOSE ASSESSMENT; EFFECTIVE DOSE; RADIATION FIELDS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 27844446687     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.04.037     Document Type: Article

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