Radioactivity in and committed effective dose from some Brazilian foodstuffs

Health Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-313

  Venturini, L ^b   Sordi, G A A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dose equivalent; Food chain; Gamma; Radiation, gamma; Spectrometry

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DOSE RESPONSE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SAMPLING;

EID: 0032988990     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199903000-00013     Document Type: Article

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