Prediction of frequency and exposure level of solar particle events

Health Physics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-81

  Kim, Myung Hee Y ^a   Hayat, Matthew J ^a,b   Feiveson, Alan H ^c   Cucinotta, Francis A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis, risk; Dose, organ; Exposure, radiation; Radiation, ionizing

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COSMONAUT; DATA BASE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 67649651885     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000346799.65001.9c     Document Type: Article

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