External dose estimates for Dolon village: Application of the U.S./Russian joint methodology

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. A, 2006, Pages

  Simon, Steven L ^a   Beck, Harold L ^b   Gordeev, Konstantin ^c   Bouville, André ^a   Anspaugh, Lynn R ^d   Land, Charles E ^a   Luckyanov, Nicholas ^a   Shinkarev, Sergey ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Environmental Measurements Laboratory   (United States)

^c Institute of Biological Physics   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

External dose; Fallout; Kazakhstan; Semipalatinsk

Indexed keywords

RURAL AREAS; TESTING;

DATA MEASUREMENTS; DOSE ESTIMATES; EXPOSURE RATE; EXTERNAL DOSE; KAZAKHSTAN; MEASUREMENTS OF; NUCLEAR TESTS; RATE FUNCTIONS; SEMIPALATINSK; SEMIPALATINSK NUCLEAR TEST SITES;

FALLOUT;

EID: 33645419598     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.47.A143     Document Type: Article

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