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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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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
A Pharmacovigilance Study on Linear and Nonlinear QuantitativeStructure (Chromatographic) Retention Relationships (QSRR) Models forthe Prediction of Retention Time of Anticancer Nano Drugs…
Linear and non-linear Quantitative Structure (Chromatographic) Retention Relationships (QSRR) models for the prediction of… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
A new era in remote sensing of crops with unmanned robots
In the 1980s, remote-sensing technology and methods were proposed as a solution for environmental problems because they could… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION IN APJ LETTERS Preprint typeset using L ATEX style emulateapj v. 04/03/99 THE DETECTION OF OXYGEN IN THE LOW-DENSITY INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM 1
  • 2000
  • Corpus ID: 17692963
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Genetic monitoring of the human population from high-level natural radiation areas of Kerala on the southwest coast of India. I. Prevalence of congenital malformations in newborns.
In the densely populated monazite-bearing sands of Kerala, on the southwest coast of India, natural radiation dose rates range… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Flow cytometric analysis of the effects of low-level radiation exposure on natural populations of slider turtles (Pseudemys scripta)
Aquatic turtles inhabiting seepage basins containing low concentrations of radioactive and non-radioactive contaminants possess… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
The influence of leaf area, light interception and season on potato growth and yield
SummaryLight interception in the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) range (400 700 nm) was measured over two years in… 
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… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Differential radiosensitivity of stationary and migratory primitive cells in the brains of infant rats.
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… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Oncogenicity by DNA Tumor Viruses: Enhancement after Ultraviolet and Cobalt-60 Radiations
Simian virus-40, polyoma, and LLE46 virus preparations were treated with ultraviolet or gamma radiations (cobalt-60) in a frozen… 
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