Air crew dosimetry with a new version of epcard

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 262-266

  Mares, V ^a   Maczka, T ^a   Leuthold, G ^a   Ruhm W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; ALTITUDE; COSMIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 73049107771     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncp129     Document Type: Article

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