The development of field-based measurement methods for radioactive fallout assessment

Health Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 609-625

  Miller, Kevin M ^a   Larsen, Richard J ^a  

^a Environmental Measurements Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric testing; Environmental; Fallout; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AEROSOL; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ATOMIC BOMB; BALLOON; CONFERENCE PAPER; FALLOUT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING;

EID: 0036231683     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200205000-00008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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