Radioactivity concentrations and dose assessment for soil samples from Kestanbol granite area, Turkey

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 399-405

  Merdanoglu B ^a   Altinsoy, N ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HEALTH HAZARD; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION HAZARD; SOIL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BACKGROUND RADIATION; BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TURKEY;

EID: 33846088390     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl055     Document Type: Article

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