Estimation of doses received in a dry-contaminated residential area in the Bryansk region, Russia, since the Chernobyl accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 228-240

  Andersson, K G ^a   Roed, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Dry deposition; Preparedness; Radiation dose; Radiocaesium; Urban

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SOIL MECHANICS; URBAN PLANNING;

CHERNOBYL; DRY DEPOSITION; PREPAREDNESS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOCESIUM; URBAN;

DOSIMETERS;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; URBAN AREA;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; INHALATION; LANDSCAPE; METHODOLOGY; PLUME; PREDICTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CLOTHING; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; POACEAE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RAIN; RUSSIA; SKIN; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TREES;

BRYANSK [BRYANSK (ADS)]; BRYANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 27844447332     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.08.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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