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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Linear Energy Transfer
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Transferencia Lineal de Energía
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Transferência Linear de Energia
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Synonyms English:
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Energy Transfer, Linear
LET
Transfer, Linear Energy
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Tree Number:
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G01.154.240.400
G02.111.255.400
G02.216.400
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Definition English:
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Rate of energy dissipation along the path of charged particles. In radiobiology and health physics, exposure is measured in kiloelectron volts per micrometer of tissue (keV/micrometer T). |
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History Note English:
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95; was see ENERGY TRANSFER 1992-94; LET was see ENERGY TRANSFER 1968-94
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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32163
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Unique Identifier:
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D018499
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Similar:
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DeCS
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