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Factors affecting cosmic-ray doses at aircraft altitudes

G M Kendall1

  • 1National Radiological Protection Board, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom. gerry.kendall@nrpb.org.uk

Health Physics
|October 25, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Cosmic rays contribute to global radiation doses, increasing with altitude and varying with latitude due to Earth's magnetic field. Solar activity further influences these doses, particularly relevant for air travel radiation protection.

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