Radiological impacts of natural radioactivity from phosphogypsum piles in Huelva (Spain)

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 242-246

  Duenas C ^a   Fernandez M C ^a   Canete S ^a   Perez M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Natural radioactivity; Phosphogypsum piles

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE RATE; ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; DOSE ASSESSMENTS; DOSE LIMITS; DOSE RATE; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; GROUND SURFACES; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; NATURAL SOURCES; PHOSPHOGYPSUM; PHOSPHOGYPSUM PILE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL IMPACTS;

PILES; RADIATION; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOMETRY; RESTORATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

GYPSUM;

EID: 77949569983     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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