226Ra, 232Th and 40K analysis in soil samples from some areas of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, India using gamma ray spectrometry

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 431-439

  Singh, Surinder ^a   Rani, Asha ^a   Mahajan, Rakesh Kumar ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Annual effective dose; External hazard index; Fission track technique; Gamma ray spectrometry; Raeq activities; Soil samples

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; FISSION REACTIONS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; IRRADIATION; MOISTURE; ORGANIC ACIDS; POTASSIUM; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIUM; SOILS; THORIUM;

ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; EXTERNAL HAZARD INDEX; FISSION TRACK TECHNIQUE; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA; PUNJAB, INDIA; RAEQ ACTIVITIES; SOIL SAMPLES;

RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 13444283394     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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