Preliminary measurements of natural radioactivity at Madurai district of Tamilnadu, India

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 36, Issue 1-6 SPEC., 2003, Pages 397-399

  Saravanan, S ^a   Jodha, A S ^a   Gopalani, Deepak ^a   Bhati, S S ^a   Kumar, S ^a  

^a DEFENCE LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Gamma spectrometry; LR 115 films; Radon measurement

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GAMMA RAYS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADON; SOILS;

NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 0042363711     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00159-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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