Radiological impacts of natural radioactivity in Abu-Tartor phosphate deposits, Egypt

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 255-267

  Khater, Ashraf E M ^a   Higgy, R H ^a   Pimpl, M ^b  

^a HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abu Tartor; Dose assessment; Phosphate mining and processing; Phosphate rocks; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; ISOTOPES; PHOSPHATE MINES; PHOSPHATES; SEPARATION; URANIUM; WASTES;

GAS COUNTING SYSTEMS;

RADIOACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

ISOTOPE; LEAD 210; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; THORIUM 232; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

ALPHA SPECTROMETER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EGYPT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MINING; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROCESSING; RADIOCHEMISTRY; ROCK; SAMPLING; SPECTROMETER;

APATITES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EGYPT; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 0034999276     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00193-4     Document Type: Article

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