Monte Carlo determination of gamma-ray dose rate with the GEANT system

Health Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-169

  Likar, A ^a   Vidmar, T ^b   Pucelj, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dose; Monte Carlo; Soil; Spectrometry, gamma

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031868393     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199808000-00007     Document Type: Article

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