Radiation dose from coal slag used as building material in the Transdanubian region of Hungary

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-87

  Somlai, J ^a   Jobbagy V ^a   Nemeth C ^a   Gorjancz Z ^a   Kavasi N ^a   Kovacs T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; COAL MINING; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUNGARY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; SLAG;

COAL; COAL MINING; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON;

EID: 33646884126     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci323     Document Type: Article

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