ENLIGHT: The european network for light ion hadron therapy

Health Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 674-680

  Dosanjh, Manjit ^a   Cirilli, Manuela ^a   Greco, Virginia ^a   Meijer, Annelie E ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

medical radiation; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; protons; radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; EUROPE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EUROPE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONALITY; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES;

EID: 84867183348     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3182606520     Document Type: Article

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