Description of transport codes for space radiation shielding

Health Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 621-639

  Kim, Myung Hee Y ^a   Wilson, John W ^b   Cucinotta, Francis A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; risk assessment; shielding; statistics

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 84867177418     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e318266732f     Document Type: Review

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