Radioactivity concentrations in soils of the Xiazhuang granite area, China

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-259

  Yang, Ya Xin ^a,b   Wu, Xin Min ^b   Jiang, Zhong Ying ^a   Wang, Wei Xing ^a   Lu, Ji Gen ^a   Lin, Jun ^a   Wang, Lei Ming ^a   Hsia, Yuan Fu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose rate; External hazard index; HPGe detector; Natural radioactivity; Radium equivalent activity; Soil

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOLOGY; URANIUM MINES;

DOSE RATE; RADIOACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; RADIOLOGICAL HAZARDS;

SOILS;

POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM; THORIUM 232; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GRANITE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ALGORITHMS; BACKGROUND RADIATION; BODY BURDEN; CHINA; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 20444410016     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.02.011     Document Type: Article

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