Flight attendant radiation dose from solar particle events

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 828-832

  Anderson, Jeri L ^a   Mertens, Christopher J ^b   Grajewski, Barbara ^a   Luo, Lian ^a   Tseng, Chih Yu ^a   Cassinelli, Rick T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose; Conceptus; Effective dose; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSE; RISK FACTOR; SOLAR ENERGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; COSMIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84906055333     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.3989.2014     Document Type: Article

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