Estimated fluence-to-absorbed dose conversion coefficients for use in radiological protection of embryo and foetus against external exposure to photons from 50 keV to 10 GeV

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 358-363

  Chen, Jing ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 33846035281     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl056     Document Type: Article

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