Nanodosimetry-based quality factors for radiation protection in space

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 286-296

  Schulte, Reinhard W ^a   Wroe, Andrew J ^a   Bashkirov, Vladimir A ^a   Garty, Guy Y ^b   Breskin, Amos ^c   Chechik, Rachel ^c   Shchemelinin, Sergei ^c   Gargioni, Elisabetta ^d   Grosswendt, Bernd ^d   Rosenfeld, Anatoly B ^e  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

nanodosimetry; quality factors; space radiation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HELIUM; ION; PROTON;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CANCER RISK; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION;

DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 57249108246     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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