Cosmic radiation dose in aircraft - a neutron track etch detector

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 264-273

  Vukovic B ^a   Radolic V ^a   Miklavcic I ^a   Poje, M ^a   Varga, M ^a   Planinic J ^a  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aircrew; Cosmic radiation; Dose rate; Flight level; Neutron track etch detector

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COSMIC RAYS; DOSIMETERS; IONIZATION; NEUTRON DETECTORS;

AIRCRAFT CREW; FLIGHT LEVELS; NEUTRON TRACK ETCH DETECTORS;

DOSIMETRY;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; COSMIC RAY; DETECTION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; NEUTRON PROBE;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

AIRCRAFT; COSMIC RADIATION; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOREA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 36148935964     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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