Indoor radon levels and natural radioactivity in Jordanian soil

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-233

  Ahmad, N ^a   Matiullah, ^a   Khatibeh, A J A H ^a,b  

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

^b Nuclear Energy Department   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIUM; RADON;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; DOSIMETRY; JORDAN; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SAMPLING; SOIL;

EID: 0030753329     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032059     Document Type: Article

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