Radioactivity measurements in soil samples collected in the Republic of Srpska

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1448-1452

  Janković, Marija ^a   Todorović, Dragana ^a   Savanović, Milovan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Faculty of Sciences   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Gamma spectrometry; Radioactivity; Soil

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; ATMOSPHERICS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; DEPLETED URANIUM; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HPGE DETECTORS; LONG DISTANCES; NATO FORCES; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; SOIL; SOIL SAMPLES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 52349097581     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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