Radiological implications of using phosphogypsum as a building material in Brazil

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-67

  Mazzilli, B ^a   Saueia, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; THORIUM; THORIUM 232; URANIUM;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BUILDING MATERIAL; INDUSTRY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0032878045     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032927     Document Type: Article

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