Assessment of annual effective dose due to outdoor radon activity in the environment of Bengaluru
Soil is the major source of radon to enter the living environment. In the present study, an effort was made to see the contribution of radon activity to the dose received by the public of the study region. The radon activity in soil gas and radon exhalation rate from the surface soil were measured i...
Main Authors: | M B Karthik Kumar, N Nagaiah, Gladys Mathews, M R Ambika |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2018-01-01
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Series: | Radiation Protection and Environment |
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Online Access: | http://www.rpe.org.in/article.asp?issn=0972-0464;year=2018;volume=41;issue=3;spage=115;epage=118;aulast=Karthik |
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