Autoradiographical methods for the assessment of radionuclides in hot particles on filter samples

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-102

  Yoschenko, V I ^a   Kashparov, V A ^a   Protsak, V P ^a   Tschiersch, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air filter; Autoradiography; Hot particle* 90Sr activity

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILMS;

MICROCHANNEL ARRAY DETECTORS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

RADIOISOTOPE;

AIR; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY FILM;

AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BETA RAYS; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; POWER PLANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0037213334     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(02)00243-9     Document Type: Article

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