Assessment of environmental radioactivity for Batman, Turkey

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 160, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 401-412

  Damla, Nevzat ^a   Cevik, Ugur ^a   Kobya, Ali Ihsan ^a   Ataksor, Berna ^b   Isık, Umit ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activity concentration; Batman; Building materials; Radon; Soil; Water

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; FISSION PRODUCTS; POLLUTION; RADIATION; RADON; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; WATER;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; BATMAN; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HIGH BACKGROUND RADIATION AREAS; INDOOR RADON MEASUREMENTS; MEAN ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RADON; TAP WATER; THORIUM 232;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DATABASE; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDOOR RADON; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; RADON ISOTOPE; SOIL POLLUTION; THORIUM ISOTOPE; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; GAMMA RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER SAMPLING;

BATMAN; TURKEY;

EID: 74349099184     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0704-9     Document Type: Article

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