Effective quality factors for neutrons based on the revised ICRP/ICRU recommendations

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 536-541

  Veinot, K G ^a   Hertel, N E ^b  

^a National Security Complex   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GUIDELINES; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 30844453573     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci004     Document Type: Article

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