Gamma radiation dose from radionuclides in soil samples of Udagamandalam (Ooty) in India

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-228

  Selvasekarapandian, S ^a   Muguntha Manikandan, N ^a   Sivakumar, R ^a   Balasubramanian, S ^a   Venkatesan, T ^a   Meenakshisundaram, V ^b   Ragunath, V M ^b   Gajendran, V ^b  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; INDIA; RADIATION DOSE; SOIL; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0345280791     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032629     Document Type: Article

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