Natural radioactivity content of Greek cigarettes

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Katsanevakis, S ^a   Petropoulos, N P ^a   Hinis, E P ^a   Simopoulos, S E ^a   Louizi, A ^b   Proukakis, C ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; RADON; THORIUM;

GREEK CIGARETTES;

TOBACCO;

POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232;

CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GREECE; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 10644273713     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00134-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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