Radionuclide concentrations in soil and lifetime cancer risk due to gamma radioactivity in Kirklareli, Turkey

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-53

  Taskin, H ^a   Karavus, M ^b   Ay, P ^b   Topuzoglu, A ^b   Hidiroglu, S ^b   Karahan, G ^a  

^a Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gamma dose; Global Positioning System; Lifetime cancer risk; Radioactivity; Soil; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; COSMOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; EXTREME VALUES; GAMMA DOSE; GAMMA DOSE RATES; GAMMA RADIOACTIVITIES; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPIES; LIFE-TIMES; LIFETIME CANCER RISK; PORTABLE DEVICES; RADIO-NUCLIDES; RADIONUCLIDE CONCENTRATIONS; SAMPLING STATIONS; SOIL SAMPLES; TURKEY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

RADIOISOTOPE;

CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GPS; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; GAMMA RADIATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SOIL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BACKGROUND RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TURKEY;

EURASIA; KIRKLARELI; TURKEY;

EID: 57649193320     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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