Specific activity and hazards of Archeozoic-Cambrian rock samples collected from the Weibei area of Shaanxi, China

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 352-359

  Xinwei, Lu ^a,b   Lingqing, W ^a   Xiaodan, J ^a   Leipeng, Y ^a   Gelian, D ^c  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232;

ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; CAMBRIAN; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; ROCK; SAMPLE;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; BODY BURDEN; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GONADS; HUMANS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 33745685935     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci339     Document Type: Article

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