Letter to the editor [1]

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 453-454

  Harder, D ^a   Petoussi Henss N ^b   Regulla, D ^b   Zankl, M ^b   Dietze, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BOMB; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; COBALT THERAPY; COMPTON EFFECT; ELECTRON; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; PHOTON; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPECTRUM; X RAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SPECTROSCOPY;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646262344     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci304     Document Type: Letter

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