Radionuclide content and associated radiation hazards of building materials and by-products in Baoji, West China

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-476

  Lu, Xinwei ^a   Zhang, Xiaolan ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232;

ARTICLE; ASH; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHINA; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FLY ASH; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL; SOIL PROPERTY;

CHINA; COAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 45149130321     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm428     Document Type: Article

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