Shielding variation effects for 250 MeV protons on tissue targets

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 195-199

  Brandl, Alexander ^a   Hranitzky, C ^a   Rollet, S ^a  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

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Indexed keywords

CONCRETE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; LIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON RADIATION; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; WATER CONTENT;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUTRONS; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 30844453803     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci162     Document Type: Article

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