title: Comparative analysis of the in and ex situ determination of environmental radiation and dosimetry levels.
abstract: A method is proposed to determine the activities of natural and artificial gamma-emitting radionuclides in soils using in situ spectrometry that is validated with conventional low-background laboratory gamma spectrometry. From the two sets of results, the dose-equivalent rate levels in the environment were reproduced and we are thus able to determine the principal components of those levels.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Extremadura, Av. de la Universidad, s/n. E10071-Cáceres (Spain). ymiralle@unex.se
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baeza
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Corbacho
mesh_terms: D004787:Environmental Pollution; D005720:Gamma Rays; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013051:Spectrometry, Gamma
chemical_list: D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive