Norm and associated radiation hazards in bricks fabricated in various localities of the North-West Frontier Province (Pakistan)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-66

  Khan, Khalid ^a   Aslam, M ^a   Orfi, S D ^a   Khan, H M ^b  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hazard indices; NORM; NWFP; Radium equivalent activity; Red bricks

Indexed keywords

BRICK; GERMANIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM;

MULTICHANNEL ANALYZER (MCA);

RADIATION HAZARDS;

GERMANIUM; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RADIOACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; PAKISTAN; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETRY; SAMPLE; STANDARD; URBAN AREA;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; PAKISTAN; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORIUM;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0036028033     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(01)00030-3     Document Type: Article

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