Radioactivity of some domestic and imported building materials from South Eastern Europe

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1731-1736

  Krstic D ^a   Nikezic D ^a   Stevanovic N ^a   Vucic D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Occupational Health   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Activity concentration index; Annual effective dose; Building materials; Dose rate; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; GYPSUM; MARBLE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVITY;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION INDEX; ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; DOSE RATE; MULTICHANNEL ANALYSER;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 36448952739     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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