A comparison of aerial and ground level measurements of 137Cs in the Marshall Islands

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 363-377

  Simon, S L ^a,b   Graham, J C ^a,c  

^a Nationwide Radiological Study   (Marshall Islands)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; In situ gamma spectrometry; Radiological monitoring

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; IN SITU GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING;

GAMMA RAYS; MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROMETRY;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137; GERMANIUM;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HELICOPTER; IONIZING RADIATION; MARSHALL ISLANDS; SCINTILLATION; SOIL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032210893     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005876130072     Document Type: Article

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