Population dose in the vicinity of closed Hungarian uranium mine

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 448-452

  Gorjanacz Z ^a   Varhegyi A ^b   Kovacs T ^c   Somlai, J ^c  

^a Mecsek Ore Environment   (Hungary)

^b Mecsek Oko Environmental Protection Co   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; URANIUM MINE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; BACKGROUND RADIATION; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MINING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADON; URANIUM;

EID: 33748115478     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci363     Document Type: Article

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