Environmental gamma radiation measurements in Bangladeshi houses

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-280

  Miah, M Idrish ^a,b  

^a Bangladesh Institute of Technology   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collective dose equivalent; Gamma exposure; Normal distribution; Thermoluminescence; TLD

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; CALIBRATION; COSMIC RAYS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; HOUSES; IONIZATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

BACKGROUND RADIATION AREAS; COLLECTIVE DOSE EQUIVALENT; GAMMA EXPOSURE; TLD;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 1842477943     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2003.12.030     Document Type: Article

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