Natural radioactivity in some building materials in Kenya and the contributions to the indoor external doses

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-69

  Mustapha, A O ^a   Narayana, D G S ^a   Patel, J P ^a   Otwoma, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Natl Radiat Protection Laboratory   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; KENYA; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0030961309     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032036     Document Type: Article

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