Annual radiation background in the city of Isfahan

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Tavakoli, Mohammad Bagher ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Background radiation; Dose equivalent; TLD

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; IRAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; X RAY;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; IRAN; PERIODICITY; RADIATION MONITORING; X-RAYS;

EID: 0042971719     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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