High background radiation areas: The case of Villar de la Yegua village (Spain)

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 565-567

  Sainz C ^a   Quindos L S ^a   Fernandez P L ^a   Gomez J ^a   Fuente, I ^a   Quindos L ^a   Matarranz, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON; URANIUM;

AMBIENT AIR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMMA RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SPAIN; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BACKGROUND RADIATION; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

EID: 52249097885     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm196     Document Type: Conference Paper

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