"Background Radiation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Radiation from sources other than the source of interest. It is due to cosmic rays and natural radioactivity in the environment.
| Descriptor ID |
D001417
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.750.750.115
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| Concept/Terms |
Background Radiation- Background Radiation
- Radiation, Natural
- Natural Radiations
- Radiations, Natural
- Natural Radiation
- Radiation, Background
- Background Radiations
- Radiations, Background
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Background Radiation" by people in Profiles.
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Evaluation of Shiryaev-Roberts procedure for on-line environmental radiation monitoring. J Environ Radioact. 2018 Dec; 192:587-591.
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Anomalously high levels of uranium and other naturally occurring radionuclides in private wells in the piedmont region of South Carolina. Health Phys. 2005 Mar; 88(3):248-52.
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Altitude, radiation, and mortality from cancer and heart disease. Radiat Res. 1987 Nov; 112(2):381-90.