Natural radioactivity and radon exhalation rates in building materials used in Egypt

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 491-495

  Sharaf, M ^a   Mansy, M ^a   Sayed, A E L ^b   Abbas, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STANDARDS   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON;

NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADON EXHALATION RATE;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0032590672     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(99)00206-1     Document Type: Article

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