Determination of indoor radon and soil radioactivity levels in Giresun, Turkey

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1349-1354

  Celik, N ^a   Cevik, U ^a   Celik, A ^b   Kucukomeroglu, B ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GIRESUN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Indoor radon survey; Radioactivity in soil; Radon and lung cancer

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADON; TUMORS;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; INDOOR RADON SURVEY; LUNG CANCER;

SOILS;

CESIUM 137; RADON;

CANCER; CESIUM ISOTOPE; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADON ISOTOPE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LUNG CANCER; SOIL POLLUTION; TURKEY (BIRD);

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADON; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TURKEY;

EURASIA; GIRESUN; TURKEY;

EID: 44749091343     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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