A comprehensive study of natural gamma radioactivity levels and associated dose rates from surface soils in Cyprus

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-224

  Tzortzis, M ^a   Svoukis, E ^a   Tsertos, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; CYPRUS; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SURFACE SOIL;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; CYPRUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 4344675701     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch300     Document Type: Article

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