Overview of research on aircraft crew dosimetry during the last solar cycle

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 244-250

  Beck, P ^a  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMIC RADIATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 73049108503     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncp158     Document Type: Article

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