EFFECTIVE DOSE RATE COEFFICIENTS FOR IMMERSIONS IN RADIOACTIVE AIR AND WATER.

Radiat Prot Dosimetry

Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 3855 Health Sciences Dr., La Jolla, CA, USA.

Published: October 2018

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