Significant impact on effective doses received during commercial flights calculated using the new icrp radiation weighting factors

Health Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-76

  Chen, Jing ^a   Mares, Vladimir ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose equivalent, effective; Neutrons; Protons; Quality factor

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEUTRON; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; STATISTICS; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; COSMIC RADIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; NEUTRONS; PREGNANCY; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; TRAVEL;

EID: 73449123436     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181bada5a     Document Type: Article

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