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THE present interest in the effects to populations of low levels of radiation exposure emphasizes the importance of accurate estimates of the dose due to the cosmic radiation. This dose has usually been estimated from measurements of the ionization produced in high pressure ionization chambers and the estimates have varied over a wide range of values. Lowder and Beck1 have recently made a critical assessment of these measurements.
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BARNABY, C., STOCKEL, C. Radiation Dose due to the Cosmic Rays. Nature 215, 180–181 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215180a0
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