Distribution of some natural and man-made radionuclides in soil from the city of Veles (Republic of Macedonia) and its environs

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-157

  Dimovska, Snežana ^a   Stafilov, Trajče ^b   Šajn, Robert ^c   Frontasyeva, Marina ^d  

^a Republic Institute for Health Protection   (Macedonia)

^b SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^d JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MALE; POLLUTANT; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MALE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 77950240323     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncp238     Document Type: Article

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