Gamma-dose rates from terrestrial and Chernobyl radionuclides inside and outside settlements in the Bryansk Region, Russia in 1996-2003

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 205-227

  Ramzaev, Valery ^a   Yonehara, Hidenori ^b   Hille, Ralf ^c   Barkovsky, Anatoly ^a   Mishine, Arkady ^a   Sahoo, Sarat Kumar ^b   Kurotaki, Katsumi ^b   Uchiyama, Masafumi ^b  

^a Institute of Radiation Hygiene   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cesium; Chernobyl accident; Effective doses; Gamma dose rates; Terrestrial radionuclides

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; DOSIMETERS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL MECHANICS;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENTS; EFFECTIVE DOSES; GAMMA-DOSE RATES; TERRESTERIAL RADIONUCLIDES;

GAMMA RAYS;

CESIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; FOREST; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GRASSLAND; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RURAL AREA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; POACEAE; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIUM; RUSSIA; SEASONS; SNOW; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; THORIUM;

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

EID: 27844477030     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.04.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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