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Background Radiation

Known as: Radiation, Natural, Low-Level Radiation, Radiation, Background 
Radiation from sources other than the source of interest. It is due to cosmic rays and natural radioactivity in the environment.
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1999
1999
Ecological implications of changes in cell size and photosynthetic capacity of marine Prymnesiophyceae induced by ultraviolet-B radiation
A natural planktonic assemblage of organisms (<240 μm) was studied in mesocosm experiments for 7 d under varying conditions of… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE AND HIGH BACKGROUND IMAGING USING PHOTOREFRACTIVE MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELLS
We report holographic, real time, depth‐resolved image acquisition, storage, and reconstruction in photorefractive GaAs/AlGaAs… 
1980
1980
Perturbations on the natural radiation environment due to the utilization of coal as an energy source
Review
1979
Review
1979
Log-linear models in the analysis of disease prevalence data from survival/sacrifice experiments.
This paper considers the problem of analyzing disease prevalence data from survival experiments in which there may also be some… 
1978
1978
Exploratory analysis of disease prevalence data from survival/sacrifice experiments.
The paper considers the problem of analyzing disease prevalence data from survival experiments in which there may also be some… 
Review
1972
Review
1972
Free-free absorption of gyrosynchrotron radiation in solar microwave bursts.
Abstract : A model for solar microwave bursts is considered in which over a broad frequency band the flux density is a slowly… 
Review
1967
Review
1967
Photoreactivating-enzyme activity in metazoa.
Photoreactivation of ultraviolet (UV) radiation damage to organisms has been demonstrated in many plant and animal phyla.1 In a… 
1964
1964
Code of practice for the protection of persons against ionizing radiations arising from medical and dental use
1960
1960
Background radiation as the cause of fatal congenital malformation.
SummaryThe fraction of malformed births (deaths due to congenital malformation divided by births) is shown to vary over the earth… 
Review
1956
Review
1956
The relative biological effectiveness of fast neutrons in mice.
During the past fifteen years a number of experiments have been done to compare the biological effectiveness of neutron and…