Radon exhalation rate and natural radionuclide content in building materials of high background areas of Ramsar, Iran

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-40

  Bavarnegin, E ^a   Fathabadi, N ^b   Vahabi Moghaddam, M ^a   Vasheghani Farahani, M ^b   Moradi, M ^b   Babakhni, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

^b National Radiation Protection Department Iran   (Iran)

^c Radiation Application Research School   (Iran)

Author keywords

Building materials; High level natural radiation areas; Radon exhalation; Ramsar

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; DETECTION LIMITS; HIGH BACKGROUND AREAS; HIGH BACKGROUND RADIATION AREAS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INDOOR RADON; LINEAR CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; LOWER DETECTION LIMIT; NATURAL RADIATION; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; RADIUM CONCENTRATIONS; RADIUM CONTENT; RADON EXHALATION; RADON EXHALATION RATE; RADON GAS; RAMSAR;

BUILDING MATERIALS; RADIUM; URANIUM;

RADON;

POTASSIUM 40; RADON; THORIUM 232;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL RESOURCE; RADIONUCLIDE; RADON; SAMPLING; SURVEYING;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; EXHALATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GAS ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT; IRAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEASUREMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; IRAN; RADIUM; RADON; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; URANIUM;

IRAN; MAZANDARAN; SAKHT SAR;

EID: 84872688187     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.12.022     Document Type: Article

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