Shielding of buildings in an urban environment

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-121

  Muck, K ^a  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; AUSTRIA; BUILDING; FALLOUT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; URBAN AREA; WEATHER;

EID: 0029935587     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031517     Document Type: Article

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