Absorbed dose conversion coefficients for embryo and foetus in neutron fields

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 126, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 568-571

  Chen, Jing ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FETUS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); NEUTRON; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FETUS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 42649111533     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm115     Document Type: Article

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