Measurements of natural radioactivity in some water and soil samples of Punjab State, India

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 357-361

  Bajwa, B S ^a   Sharma, Navjeet ^b   Walia, Vivek ^a   Virk, H S ^c  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b D A V COLLEGE   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical etching; Lexan; Nuclear track; Radon; Uranium

Indexed keywords

THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; INDIA; LAKE; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTOR; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0141925951     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/142032603035631     Document Type: Article

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