Radioactivity teaching: Environmental consequences of the radiological accident in Goiânia (Brazil)

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 377-381

  Anjos, R M ^a   Facure, A ^a   Lima, E L N ^a   Gomes, P R S ^a   Santos, M S ^a   Brage, J A P ^a   Okuno, E ^b   Yoshimura, E M ^b   Umisedo, N K ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

01.50.P; 01.75; 20; 87; 89

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009848242     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: 19432909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1315603     Document Type: Article

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