Gamma radiation measurements and dose rates in commercially-used natural tiling rocks (granites)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-235

  Tzortzis, Michalis ^a   Tsertos, Haralabos ^a   Christofides, Stelios ^b   Christodoulides, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose rate; Activity concentration; Activity utilization index; Annual effective dose rate; Natural radioactivity; Potassium; Radiation exposure; Thorium; Tiling rocks (granites); Uranium

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; GRANITE; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

TILING ROCKS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

POTASSIUM 40; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

BUILDING STONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GRANITE; RADIOACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CALCULATION; CYPRUS; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GRANITE; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SAMPLING;

CYPRUS;

EID: 0042331943     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00106-1     Document Type: Article

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