Geographical distribution of radiation risks in the Netherlands

Health Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 677-686

  Janssen, Martien P M ^a   Blaauboer, Roelf O ^b   Pruppers, Mathieu J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory of Radiation Research ^*

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Dose, population; Radioactivity; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 14; LEAD 210; PHOSPHORUS; POLONIUM; RADON; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031966044     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199806000-00005     Document Type: Article

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