Estimation of dose rates to humans exposed to elevated natural radioactivity through different pathways in the Island of Ikaria, Greece

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 142, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 378-384

  Trabidou, G ^a   Florou, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RADON;

ARTICLE; GAMMA RADIATION; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; FRESH WATER; GAMMA RAYS; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 78851470163     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq269     Document Type: Article

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