Ambient dose equivalent rate in Goiânia 12 years after the 137Cs radiological accident

Health Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 532-536

  Yoshimura, E M ^a   Umisedo, N K ^a   Facure, A ^b   Anjos, R M ^b   Okuno, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contamination, environmental; Dosimetry; Environmental assessment; Spectroscopy, gamma

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BUILDING; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL;

EID: 0035009824     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200106000-00002     Document Type: Article

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