Track structure: Time evolution from physics to chemistry

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 16-21

  Dingfelder, M ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION; PROTON; WATER; BIOPOLYMER;

ATOM; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY;

BIOPOLYMERS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYSICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 34347395401     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl494     Document Type: Review

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