Dose equivalent measurements in a strongly pulsed high-energy radiation field

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 759-762

  Mayer, Sabine ^a   Golnik, N ^b   Kyllonen J E ^c   Menzel, H G ^a   Otto, Th ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRESSURE CHAMBER; PROPORTIONAL COUNTER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; SYNCHROTRON;

BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NEUTRONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 4644252437     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch177     Document Type: Article

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