Assessment of environmental radioactivity for Sanliurfa region of southeastern Turkey

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1387-1391

  Bozkurt, Ahmet ^a   Yorulmaz, Nuri ^a   Kam, Erol ^b   Karahan, Gursel ^b   Osmanlioglu, Ahmet Erdal ^b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gamma dose; Radioactivity; Sanliurfa; Soil; Turkey; Water

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAMMA RAYS; POTABLE WATER; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS;

COSMIC ORIGIN; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; RADIONUCLIDE ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 36148962916     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.05.052     Document Type: Article

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