Radioactivity in the community water supplies of Ife-Central and Ife-East local government areas of Osun State, Nigeria

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 422, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 784-789

  Tchokossa, P ^a   Olomo, J B ^a   Osibote, O A ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

High purity germanium detector system; Radionuclides; Specific activity concentrations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005824459     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00997-8     Document Type: Article

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