Comparison of radioactivity data measured in PM10 aerosol samples at two elevated stations in northern Italy during the Fukushima event

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-112

  Tositti, Laura ^a   Brattich, Erika ^a   Cinelli, Giorgia ^a   Previti, Alberto ^a   Mostacci, Domiziano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airborne radionuclides; Back trajectories; Dosimetry; Fukushima nuclear accident; Gamma spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ACTIVITY LEVELS; AEROSOL SAMPLES; AIRBORNE PARTICULATE; ARTIFICIAL RADIONUCLIDES; ATMOSPHERIC ACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BACK-TRAJECTORIES; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; LOCAL POPULATIONS; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; NORTHERN APENNINES; NORTHERN ITALY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVE PLUME; SPATIAL PATTERNS; VERTICAL MIXING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CESIUM; DOSIMETRY; RADIATION; RADIOISOTOPES;

RADIOACTIVITY;

BERYLLIUM 7; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; LEAD 210; RADIUM 226;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; IODINE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; VERTICAL MIXING;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ITALY; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; TSUNAMI;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; JAPAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES;

APENNINES; BOLOGNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY; MODENA;

EID: 84866618826     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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