Radiation environment at aviation altitudes and in space

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 477-483

  Sihver, L ^a,b   Ploc, O ^c   Puchalska, M ^a   Ambrozova I ^c   Kubancak J ^c,d   Kyselova D ^c,d   Shurshakov, V ^e  

^a TU WIEN   (Austria)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^d CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^e RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COSMIC RADIATION; DEVICES; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE FLIGHT;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERE; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84942154980     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncv330     Document Type: Article

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