Evaluation of the contribution of smoking to total blood polonium-210 in Saudi population

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-26

  Shabana, E I ^a   Abd Elaziz, M A ^b   Al Arifi, M N ^c   Al Dhawailie, A A ^c   Al Bokari, M M A ^a  

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

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC ACID; POLONIUM; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOISOTOPES; SMOKE; SPECTROMETRY; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

WET ASHING;

BLOOD;

POLONIUM;

ADULT; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOASSAY; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLONIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 0033992182     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00100-1     Document Type: Article

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