Modeling the acute health effects of astronauts from exposure to large solar particle events

Health Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 465-476

  Hu, Shaowen ^a   Kim, Myung Hee Y ^a   McClellan, Gene E ^b   Cucinotta, Francis A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis, risk; Computer calculations; Health effects; Radiation risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMONAUT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ASTRONAUTS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 62849094300     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000339020.92837.61     Document Type: Article

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