Fluence-to-absorbed dose conversion coefficients for use in radiological protection of embryo and foetus against external exposure to electrons from 10 MeV to 10 GeV

Health Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 313-317

  Chen, Jing ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Dosimetry, external; Electrons; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION;

ELECTRONS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREGNANCY; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 40549145154     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000295555.47192.d1     Document Type: Article

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