The impact of ICRP Publication 92 on the conversion coefficients in use for cosmic ray dosimetry

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 303-309

  Pelliccioni, Maurizio ^a  

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; NEUTRON RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTON RADIATION; PUBLICATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION;

BODY BURDEN; COSMIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;

EID: 4444284576     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch306     Document Type: Article

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