Effects of nuclear cross sections at different energies on the radiation hazard from galactic cosmic rays

Radiation Research

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 330-337

  Lin, Z W ^a,b   Adams Jr , J H ^a  

^a NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b NSSTC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMAN; NUCLEON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOBIOLOGY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE; COSMONAUT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE FLIGHT;

ASTRONAUTS; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33947528453     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR0704.1     Document Type: Article

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