Natural background radiation dose assessment in Taiwan

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Lin, Yu Ming ^a   Chen, Ching Jiang ^a   Lin, Pei Hou ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAYS; GAMMA RAYS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON;

NATURAL BACKGROUND RADIATION;

DOSIMETRY;

RADON 222;

CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; TAIWAN; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 0030873398     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00087-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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