environmental radiation

After the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in 1986, all Member States of the European Union have installed area dose rate… (More)

This paper describes a prototype of a compact environmental radiation surveillance instrument designed for a Ranger unmanned… (More)

Although exposure to ionizing radiation is a well-known risk factor for well-differentiated thyroid cancer, its effects on tumor… (More)

The activities of the antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione reductase (GR), ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and… (More)

The carcinogenic risks of exposure to low-level ionizing radiation used by ICRP have been challenged as being, at the same time… (More)

Since early in the Atomic Age, biological indicators of radiation exposure have been sought, but currently available methods are… (More)

To determine the impact of environmental UV radiation, biological dosimeters that weight directly the incident UV components of… (More)

Background radiation is likely to constitute one of the factors involved in biological evolution since radiations are able to… (More)

The hormesis hypothesis, which suggests that ecologically realistic low levels of ionising radiations may be beneficial to humans… (More)

Environmental radiation measurements have been made and the results reported for the past 15 years. These measurements have… (More)