A comparison of ambient dose equivalent meters and dose calculations at constant flight conditions

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-333

  Lillhok J ^a   Beck, P ^b   Bottollier Depois, J F ^c   Latocha, M ^b,d   Lindborg, L ^a,i   Roos, H ^e   Roth, J ^f   Schraube, H ^g   Spurny, F ^h   Stehno, G ^b   Trompier, F ^c   Wissmann, F ^f  

^a Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^b ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^g INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^h INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aircrew exposure; Cosmic radiation; Microdosimetry; TEPC; Variance covariance method

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; DOSIMETRY; INSTRUMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SPECTROMETERS;

AIRCREW EXPOSURE; MICRODOSIMETRY; VARIANCE-COVARIANCE METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

EID: 34249655084     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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