Radiocesium gamma dose rates in a Greek pine forest: measurements and Monte Carlo computations

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 7, Issue C, 2005, Pages 1155-1166

  Clouvas, A ^a   Xanthos, S ^a   Antonopoulos Domis, M ^a   Alifragis, D A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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EID: 77956653225     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(04)07142-6     Document Type: Article

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