Gamma-ray activity and dose rate of brick samples from some areas of North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-252

  Ali, Safdar ^a   Tufail, M ^a   Jamil, Khalid ^a   Ahmad, Abid ^a   Khan, H A ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bricks; Building construction; Natural radioactivity; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0030577033     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05109-1     Document Type: Article

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