In situ γ-spectrometry several years after deposition of radiocesium Part I. Approximation of depth distributions by the Lorentz function

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 297-303

  Hillmann, U ^a   Schimmack, W ^a   Jacob, P ^a   Bunzl, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GERMANY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0030447081     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050043     Document Type: Article

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