Neutron fluence-to-dose conversion coefficients for embryo and fetus

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 693-698

  Chen, Jing ^a   Meyerhof, Dorothy ^a   Vlahovich, Slavica ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GEOMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHANTOM; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRAVEL;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUTRONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL INJURIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 4644254280     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch176     Document Type: Article

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