Uncertainty analysis of the external gamma-dose rate due to the variability of the vertical distribution of 137Cs in the soil

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 243-252

  Bunzl, K ^a   Schimmack, W ^a   Jacob, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

137Cs; External radiation dose; Gamma dose; Radiocesium; Soil; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

GRASSLAND; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CALCULATION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GAMMA RADIATION; GERMANY; RADIATION DOSE; SAMPLING; SOIL;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AGRICULTURE; ANISOTROPY; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POWER PLANTS; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOMETRY; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; UKRAINE;

EID: 0035146063     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00131-4     Document Type: Article

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