Secondary photon fields produced in accelerator-based sources for neutron generation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 363-368

  Agosteo, Stefano ^a,b   Cesana, A ^a,b   Garlati, L ^a,b   Pola, A ^a,b   Terrani, M ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; BORON; LITHIUM FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MELANOMA; NEUTRON; PHOTON; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION INJURY; SCINTILLATION;

BERYLLIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FLUORIDES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 30844440735     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci146     Document Type: Article

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