Quality factor of secondary cosmic radiation at flight altitudes

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 339-348

  Burda, O ^a   Sato, T ^b   Wissmann, F ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CUT-OFF RIGIDITY; DOSE CONTRIBUTION; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; FIELD COMPONENTS; FLIGHT ALTITUDES; TISSUE-EQUIVALENT PROPORTIONAL COUNTER;

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE;

AIRFRAMES;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; RADIATION MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; COSMIC RADIATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; RADIATION MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84878840887     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/33/2/339     Document Type: Article

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