Assessment of ambient dose equivalent rate: Performance of an automatic survey meter as an instrument to quantify the presence of radiation in soils

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 487, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 457-464

  Yoshimura, E M ^a   Umisedo, N K ^a   Okuno, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ambient dose; Dosimetry; Gamma ray spectrometry; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; IONIZATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOILS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

SURVEY METERS;

RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 0037151189     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(01)02205-7     Document Type: Article

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