title: Effects of the tissue-air interface in calculations of beta-particle skin dose at a depth of 70 microns.
abstract: The effects that the tissue-air interface has on the basal-layer dose at a depth of 70 microns from beta emitters on the skin surface are studied using Monte Carlo calculations. The dose is decreased at small lateral distances from a point source but is increased at large distances.
authors.affiliation: Health and Safety Research Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN 37831-6123.
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Hamm
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ashley
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D001610:Beta Particles; D006801:Humans; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D012867:Skin