Studies of elemental analysis and natural radioactivity of some commonly-used fertilizers in Saudi Arabia

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 2A, 1998, Pages 147-158

  Aksoy, Abdulkadir ^a   Khiari, Fatah Zouhir ^a   Al Haddad, Meyassar N ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 0032359937     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
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