Environmental radioactivity: A case study in Himachal Pradesh, India

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-127

  Virk, H S ^a   Sharma, Navjeet ^a   Bajwa, B S ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; RADON; URANIUM;

POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROMETRY;

INDIA;

EID: 0033215893     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(98)00084-8     Document Type: Article

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