On an evaluation of external dose values in the Techa River Dosimetry System (TRDS) 2000

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 169-174

  Jacob, P ^a   Goksu Y ^a   Taranenko, V ^a   Meckbach, R ^a   Bougrov, N G ^b   Degteva, M O ^b   Vorobiova, M I ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b URALS RESEARCH CENTER FOR RADIATION MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EVALUATION; GAMMA RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RIVER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; RUSSIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0345598036     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-003-0212-9     Document Type: Article

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