A study of background radioactivity level for Tekirdag, Turkey

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-44

  Kam, Erol ^a   Yarar, Yasemin ^b   Bozkurt, Ahmet ^c  

^a Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center   (Turkey)

^b YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IONIZING RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACKGROUND RADIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; TURKEY;

EID: 74949129237     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncp178     Document Type: Article

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