New results on radiation effects on human health

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-140

  Spurny, Frantisek ^a   Dachev, Tsvetan P ^b  

^a NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b SOLAR TERRESTRIAL INFLUENCES LABORATORY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Dosimetry; Radiation biology; Radiation measurements; Space craft

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH RISKS; IONIZING RADIATION; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; RADIATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SPACE STATIONS; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; COMPLEX ANALYSES; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; HUMAN HEALTHS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; IONIZATION RADIATIONS; LARGE DATUMS; LONG TERMS; NEW RESULTS; PASSIVE DETECTORS; RADIATION BIOLOGY; RADIATION MEASUREMENTS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

COSMIC RAY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH RISK; IONIZATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 58049191434     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-008-0070-6     Document Type: Article

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