Austrian dose measurements onboard space station MIR and the International Space Station - Overview and comparison

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1414-1419

  Berger, T ^a   Hajek, M ^a   Summerer, L ^a   Vana, N ^a   Akatov, Y ^b   Shurshakov, V ^b   Arkhangelsky, V ^b  

^a TU WIEN   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

International Space Station; MIR; Radiation dose; Thermoluminescent dosemeters

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETERS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; NEUTRONS; RADIATION HAZARDS; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

INTERNATION SPACE STATION (ISS); MIR; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSEMETERS;

SPACE STATIONS;

EID: 5644294665     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.08.063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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