Shielding of relativistic protons

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-111

  Bertucci, A ^a   Durante, M ^a   Gialanella, G ^a   Grossi, G ^a   Manti, L ^a   Pugliese, M ^a   Scampoli, P ^a   Mancusi, D ^b   Sihver, L ^b   Rusek, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE RATE; ENERGY SPECTRUM; HYDROGEN IONS; RELATIVISTIC PROTONS;

COSMIC RAYS; GALAXIES; NASA; PROTON BEAMS; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

PROTONS;

ALUMINUM; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); PROTON;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; SIMULATION;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34248155157     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-006-0088-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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