Measurement of natural radioactivity in Brazilian beach sands

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-196

  Veiga, R ^a   Sanches, N ^a   Anjos, R M ^a   Macario, K ^a   Bastos, J ^a   Iguatemy, M ^a   Aguiar, J G ^b   Santos, A M A ^b   Mosquera, B ^a   Carvalho, C ^a   Filho, M Baptista ^a   Umisedo, N K ^c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Jorge Duprat Figueiredo de Seguranca e Medicina do Trabalho   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

40K, 226Ra and 232 Th concentrations; Annual effective dose rate; Coastal sands; Radiation hazards indexes; ray spectrometry

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; BUILDING MATERIALS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; HAZARDS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RADIATION HAZARDS;

ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; AVERAGE VALUES; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; NATURAL SOURCES; ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; RADIUM EQUIVALENT ACTIVITY;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 84929141882     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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