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The activity-dose-energy relationships for7Be,13N,22Na, and24Na activities induced in muscle tissue by proton bombardment have been measured through the energy range up to 580 MeV. The relationship between radiation dose and induced activity for any given proton bombarding energy is defined. The determination of the radiation dose received by an astronaut from cosmic radiation of unknown energy by measuring the concentrations of the radioactive isotopes induced in his body is discussed.
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Brodzinski, R.L., Wogman, N.A. & Perkins, R.W. Cosmic-ray induced radioactivity in astronauts as a measure of radiation dose. Space Life Sciences 1, 545–553 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00924245
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