Variations of natural radiation background and their effect on detector response

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Pernicka F ^a   Kluson J ^b  

^a NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

NATURAL RADIATION BACKGROUND; PHOTON RADIATION;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMIC RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION RESPONSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 10644270087     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00093-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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