Assessment of Gamma Dose Rate in Indoor Environments in Selected Districts of Ardabil Province, Northwestern Iran

Gamma rays pose enough energy to remove electrons from atoms of absorbing material including human body and adversely affect human health. The external exposure of human beings to natural environmental gamma radiation normally exceeds that from all man-made sources combined. Therefore, we monitored...

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Main Authors: Hasan Fakhimi, Soheila Rahimzadeh, Babak Alizadeh, Mojtaba Amani, Sadegh Hazrati, Hadi Sadeghi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2010-01-01
Series:International Journal of Occupational Hygiene
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/15979.pdf&manuscript_id=15979