Estimate of the dose-increment due to outdoor exposure to gamma rays from uranium progeny deposited on the soil around a coal-fired power plant in Ajka town, Hungary

Health Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 709-717

  Papp, Z ^a   Dezso, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Coalburning; Dose; External; Power plant; Soil; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; COAL; POTASSIUM 40; RADON; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMBUSTION; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HUNGARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; BACKGROUND RADIATION; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMMA RAYS; HUNGARY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM;

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EID: 0038780540     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200306000-00003     Document Type: Article

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