Radionuclide content of building materials and associated gamma dose rates in Egyptian dwellings

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-261

  Higgy, R H ^a   El Tahawy, M S ^a   Abdel Fattah, A T ^b   Al Akabawy, U A ^b  

^a HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bricks; Buildings; Ceramics; Gamma dose; Marble; Potassium; Radioactivity; Radium; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CERAMICS; DOSIMETRY; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; KITCHEN; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

EGYPT;

EID: 0034013796     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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