Precision and accuracy of environmental137Cs measurements

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-277

  Das, H A ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Low level gamma spectrometry; Measurement; Natural abundances; Radioecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 11544256083     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256019808234059     Document Type: Article

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