Profiles of doses to the population living in the high background radiation areas in Kerala, India

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-297

  Chougaonkar, M P ^a   Eappen, K P ^a   Ramachandran, T V ^a   Shetty, P G ^a   Mayya, Y S ^a   Sadasivan, S ^a   Venkat Raj, V ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Dwellings; External gamma ray; HBRA; Inhalation; Soil radioactivity; SSNTDs; TLDs

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; POPULATION STATISTICS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

THERMOLUMINSCENT DOSIMETERS (TLD);

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POPULATION; PROGENY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLID STATE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

THORON;

EID: 0242690967     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00174-7     Document Type: Article

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