Accelerator-based tests of radiation shielding properties of materials used in human space infrastructures

Health Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 242-247

  Lobascio, C ^a   Briccarello, M ^a   Destefanis, R ^a   Faraud, M ^a   Gialanella, G ^b   Grossi, G ^b   Guarnieri, V ^a   Manti, L ^b   Pugliese, M ^b   Rusek, A ^c   Scampoli, P ^b   Durante, M ^b  

^a THALES ALENIA SPACE ITALIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerators; Carcinogenesis; Chromosomal aberration; Shielding

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AROMATIC POLYAMIDE; BIOMATERIAL; CARBON; IRON; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYETHYLENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAVY ION RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION SHIELD; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SPACE FLIGHT;

HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 41049086888     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000288560.21906.4e     Document Type: Article

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