Assessment of Aircrew Radiation Exposure by further measurements and model development

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-171

  Lewis, B J ^a   Desormeaux, M ^a   Green, A R ^a   Bennett, L G I ^a   Butler, A ^a   McCall, M ^a   Saez Vergara, J C ^b  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COSMIC RADIATION; DATA ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; SOLAR ENERGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALGORITHMS; ALTITUDE; AVIATION; BODY BURDEN; COSMIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 5144231655     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch333     Document Type: Article

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