Radioactivity in building materials: room model analysis and experimental methods

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 272, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 119-126

  Risica, S ^a   Bolzan, C ^a   Nuccetelli, C ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Building materials; Radioactivity; Room model

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; NUCLEAR RADIATION SPECTROSCOPY; RADIOISOTOPES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ROOM MODELS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

ABSORPTION; BUILDING; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HOME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; TECHNIQUE; THEORY;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; GAMMA RAYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; THORIUM;

EID: 0035858637     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(01)00675-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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