Dose and dose rate effectiveness of space radiation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 349-353

  Schimmerling, Walter ^a   Cucinotta, F A ^b  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CHEMICAL REACTION; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROSCOPY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THERMODYNAMICS; VALIDATION STUDY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34347389262     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl464     Document Type: Article

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