Gamma ray contribution to the ambient dose rate in the city of São Paulo, Brazil

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-57

  Yoshimura, E M ^a   Otsubo, S M ^a   Oliveira, R E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ambient dose; Natural radiation; S o Paulo; Terrestrial gamma rays

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CONTAMINATION; DOSIMETRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PHOTONS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVITY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THORIUM DEPOSITS;

ENERGY DEPOSITION; NATURAL RADIATION;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 0348222208     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00283-X     Document Type: Article

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