Population dose in the vicinity of old Spanish uranium mines

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 329, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 283-288

  Quindos Poncela L S ^a   Fernandez Navarro P L ^a   Gomez Arozamena J ^a   Rodenas Palomino C ^a   Sainz, C ^a   Martin Matarranz, J L ^b   Arteche, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b Presidenta de la Comisión Nacional de Radiofísica Vocal del Comité Asesor del Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear Expresidenta de la Sociedad Española de Protección Radiológica   (Spain)

^c C/Ricardo Lorenzo S/n ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Dose; Radiation; Radioactivity; Survey

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; GAMMA RAYS; RADON; SURVEYING;

NUCLEAR TRACK-EDGED DETECTORS; SPAIN;

URANIUM MINES;

RADON; URANIUM;

MINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; URANIUM;

MEASUREMENT; MINING; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 3242661034     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.03.032     Document Type: Article

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