Estimation of environmental gamma background radiation levels in Pakistan

Health Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-66

  Butt, Khurshid Alam ^a   Ali, Amanat ^b   Qureshi, Aziz Ahmed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

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

Author keywords

Dose; Gamma radiation; Geology; Radiation, background

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM 40; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; GAMMA RADIATION; GEOLOGY; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; ROCK;

EID: 0031748588     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199807000-00011     Document Type: Article

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