Dose conversion coefficients for electron exposure of the human eye lens

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4069-4087

  Behrens, R ^a   Dietze, G ^b   Zankl, M ^c  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b Helmholtz Zentrum München ^*  (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS; DOSE CONVERSION; DOSE EQUIVALENT; DOSE LIMITS; ELECTRON ENERGIES; ELECTRON EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EQUIVALENT DOSE; EYE LENS; FLUENCES; HUMAN EYE; INNER STRUCTURE; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTIONS; LOW DOSE; MEV-ELECTRONS; PROTECTION MEASURES; RADIATION INCIDENCE; SIMPLE MODEL;

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RISK PERCEPTION;

EYE PROTECTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON RADIATION; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CATARACT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 70249129104     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/13/008     Document Type: Article

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