Radiological assessment of drinking water of the Chittagong region of Bangladesh

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-213

  Alam, M N ^a   Chowdhury, M I ^a   Kamal, M ^a   Ghose, S ^a   Islam, M N ^b   Anwaruddin, M ^b  

^a Radiation Testing Laboratory   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; RADON 222; THORIUM 232;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0032914835     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032626     Document Type: Article

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