226Ra, 232Th and 40K analysis in soil samples from some areas of Malwa region, Punjab, India using gamma ray spectrometry

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 333-342

  Mehra, Rohit ^a   Singh, Surinder ^b   Singh, Kulwant ^b   Sonkawade, Rajendra ^c  

^a Malout Institute of Management and Information Technology   (India)

^b GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INTER UNIVERSITY ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Annual effective dose; External hazard index; Gamma ray spectrometry; HPG edetector; Raeq activities

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; HAZARDS; RADIOLOGY; SPECTROMETRY;

ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; EXTERNAL HAZARD INDEX; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY;

SOILS;

POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232; POTASSIUM; RADIUM; THORIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; POTASSIUM; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; INDIA; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MALWA; PUNJAB [INDIA]; SOUTH ASIA;

HUMANS; INDIA; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM;

EID: 35848949515     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9624-3     Document Type: Article

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