Surface and underground ultra low-level liquid scintillation spectrometry

Radiocarbon

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-104

  Plastino, Wolfango ^a,b   Kaihola, Lauri ^c  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c PerkinElmer Finland Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

COSMIC RAY; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMIC RADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; LABORATORY; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MONITORING; RADIATION FIELD;

EID: 3543131964     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200039400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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