Environmental radioactivity measurements in Kastamonu region of northern Turkey

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 440-444

  Kam, Erol ^a   Bozkurt, Ahmet ^b  

^a Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center   (Turkey)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gamma dose; Kastamonu; Radioactivity; Radon; Soil; Turkey; Water

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GAMMA RAYS; POTABLE WATER; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS; GAMMA DOSES; KASTAMONU; RADIONUCLIDE ACTIVITIES; SURFACE SOIL; TOURISTIC ATTRACTIONS;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40; RADON; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOURISM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALPHA PARTICLES; BACKGROUND RADIATION; BETA RAYS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 33846678998     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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