Measurement of radioactivity in the soil of Bahawalpur division, Pakistan

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 443-447

  Matiullah, A ^a   Ahad, A ^a   ur Rehman, Shakeel ^a   ur Rehman, Shafi ^a   Faheem, M ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON; THALLIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PAKISTAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CLIMATE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIOMETRY; RADIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM;

EID: 12344286991     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch409     Document Type: Article

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