Assessment of dose rate and collective effective dose equivalent due to terrestrial gamma radiation in the city of Lagos, Nigeria

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 191-194

  Jibiri, N N ^a   Farai, I P ^b  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM 40; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; NIGERIA; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOIL;

EID: 0031861872     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032264     Document Type: Article

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