The physical basis for the biological action of heavy ions

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kiefer, Jürgen ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DEPOSITION; ELECTROLYSIS; ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEAVY IONS; IONIZING RADIATION; LEAD; LIGHTING FIXTURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TARGETS;

ATOMIC ELECTRONS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; COLLISION DYNAMICS; CROSS SECTIONING; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; ION TRACKS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER (LET); LOCAL ENERGIES; PARTICLE FLUENCE; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELING; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS (RBE); REPAIR PROCESSES; SIMPLE MODELING; SPATIAL PATTERNING; TRACK STRUCTURES; VERY HIGH ENERGIES;

IONS;

EID: 48249084554     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/7/075004     Document Type: Article

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