Measurement of resuspended aerosol in the Chernobyl area. I. Discussion of instrumentation and estimation of measurement uncertainty

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 139-148

  Garger, E K ^a   Kashpur, V ^a   Belov, G ^a   Demchuk, V ^a   Tschiersch, J ^b   Wagenpfeil, F ^b   Paretzke, H G ^b   Besnus, F ^a,b   Hollander W ^c   Martinez Serrano, J ^d   Vintersved, I ^e  

^a Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences Kiev   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d CIEMAT   (Spain)

^e SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; CESIUM 137;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AEROSOLS; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; UKRAINE;

EID: 15144356419     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050065     Document Type: Review

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