Luminescence dosimetry in a contaminated settlement of the Techa River valley, Southern Urals, Russia

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-285

  Woda, C ^a   Ulanovsky, A ^a   Bougrov, N G ^b   Fiedler, I ^a   Degteva, M O ^b   Jacob, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b URALS RESEARCH CENTER FOR RADIATION MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dose reconstruction; Luminescence; OSL; Quartz; Southern Urals Radiation Risk Research

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND DOSE; CONTAMINATED AREAS; DEPTH PROFILE; DOSE RECONSTRUCTION; ERROR LIMITS; GAMMA DOSE RATE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; IN-SITU; INTERNATIONAL INTERCOMPARISON; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO MODELLING; NATURAL SOURCES; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; OSL; SOURCE DISTRIBUTION; SOUTHERN URALS RADIATION RISK RESEARCH; TECHA RIVER;

BRICK; CONTAMINATION; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH RISKS; LANDFORMS; LUMINESCENCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUARTZ; RIVERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 79952446697     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.06.028     Document Type: Article

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