Assessment of background radioactivity level for Gaziantep region of southeastern Turkey

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-410

  Osmanlioglu, Ahmet Erdal ^a   Kam, Erol ^a   Bozkurt, Ahmet ^b  

^a Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center   (Turkey)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; DRINKING WATER; POTASSIUM 40; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SURFACE SOIL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER SAMPLING;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; BACKGROUND RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 37449019444     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm215     Document Type: Article

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