Radioactivity measurements in the environment of the Udhampur area, Jammu and Kashmir Himalayas, India

Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids

Volumn 164, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 719-725

  Kumar, Ajay ^a   Kumar, Arvind ^b   Singh, Yudhvir ^b   Singh, Kawaljit ^c   Kumar, Vinod ^b   Singh, Surinder ^b  

^a DAV College Amritsar   (India)

^b GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dwellings; LR 115 plastic; Radium; Radon; Soil; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DWELLINGS; FISSION TRACK; HIMALAYAS; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; LR-115 PLASTIC; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RADIUM CONCENTRATIONS; RADON EXHALATION RATE; REGISTRATION TECHNIQUES; SOIL SAMPLE; STUDY AREAS; TRACK DETECTORS; URANIUM CONCENTRATION;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC REACTORS; HEALTH RISKS; PLASTICS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIUM; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOILS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 74549193898     PISSN: 10420150     EISSN: 10294953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420150903092280     Document Type: Article

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