Dosimetry for occupational exposure to cosmic radiation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 395-404

  Bartlett, D T ^a   McAulay, I R ^b   Schrewe, U J ^c   Schnuer, K ^d   Menzel, H G ^d   Bottollier Depois, J F ^e   Dietze, G ^c   Gmur K ^f   Grillmaeir, R E ^g   Heinrich, W ^h   Lim, T ^g   Lindborg, L ⁱ   Reitz, G ^j   Schraube, H ^k   Spurny F ^l   Tommasino, L ^m  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^f PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^g SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ Statens Strâlskyddsinstitut   (Sweden)

^j Deutsche Forsch Anst F Luft R   (Germany)

^k INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^l NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^m Agenzia Naz la Protez dellAmbiente   (Italy)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; ALTITUDE; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION; SAFETY;

EID: 8244256663     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031985     Document Type: Conference Paper

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