Airborne 131I at a background monitoring site

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-136

  Kitto, Michael E ^a,b   Fielman, Eileen M ^a   Fielman, Steven E ^a   Gillen, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated charcoal; Gaseous; Incinerator; Iodine 131; Sludge

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BACKGROUND MONITORING SITES; MEDICAL TREATMENTS; REMOTE CONCENTRATIONS; SEWAGE SLUDGE INCINERATOR;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOL; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

AEROSOL; IODINE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; INCINERATION; SAMPLING; SLUDGE; UNITED STATES; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; CITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HOSPITAL; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION MONITORING; SEWAGE; TIME;

ALBANY [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CITIES; HOSPITALS; INCINERATION; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; NEW YORK; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION MONITORING; SEWAGE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20444413773     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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