Occurrence of radon in the central region groundwater of Saudi Arabia

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-95

  Alabdula'aly, Abdulrahman I ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Radioactivity; Radon; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RADON; SEA WATER;

GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; RADON;

AERATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRODIALYSIS; FILTRATION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0033137028     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(98)00063-0     Document Type: Article

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