Radiation Physics Related to Biology

Curtis, Stanley B.

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Stanley B. Curtis⁴

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This chapter is intended to provide a bridge between the physics of the particle energy spectra that are calculated within the bodies of space travelers and the chemical and biological effects that may be caused by the radiation deposited as the particles penetrate.

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Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C., USA
Percival D. McCormack
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Charles E. Swenberg
Institute for Flight Medicine, Cologne, West Germany
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Curtis, S.B. (1988). Radiation Physics Related to Biology. In: McCormack, P.D., Swenberg, C.E., Bücker, H. (eds) Terrestrial Space Radiation and Its Biological Effects. Nato ASI Series, vol 154. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1567-4_21

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