Indoor gamma radiation and radon concentrations in a Norwegian carbonatite area

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-189

  Sundal, A V ^a   Strand, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b N 1332 ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Gamma radiation; Geology; Indoor radon; Norway

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAMMA RAYS; RADON; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; THORIUM; WOODEN BUILDINGS;

INDOOR GAMMA RADIATION; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSEMETERS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

RADON; THORIUM;

GAMMA RAY RADIATION; INDOOR RADON;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; GAMMA RAYS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NORWAY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; RADON; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; THORIUM;

EID: 4143134282     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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