Radiation doses potentially received on-board aeroplanes during recent solar particle events

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 363-374

  Lantos, Pierre ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; EUROPE; NEUTRON; PHYSICAL MODEL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; SOLAR RADIATION;

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 33748121434     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci356     Document Type: Article

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