Occupational radiation exposure to norms in a gold mine

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 538-545

  Darko, E O ^a   Tetteh, G K ^b   Akaho, E H K ^c  

^a GAEC   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c NNRI   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; BISMUTH; BISMUTH 214; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; GOLD; LEAD; LEAD 214; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADON; THORIUM 232; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 238; RADIOISOTOPE;

AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GHANA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOIL ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONIZING RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GHANA; HUMANS; MINING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 25144498649     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci300     Document Type: Article

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