Simulation, design, and construction of a 137Cs irradiation facility

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 5 SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Studenski, Matthew T ^b,c   Haverland, Nathan P ^b   Kearfott, Kimberlee J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

137Cs; Dose, external; Operational topics; Shielding

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; CONCRETE;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; COST; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; STUDENT;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 34247361279     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000253943.69777.a9     Document Type: Article

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