Evaluation of annual committed effective doses to members of the public in Morocco due to 238U and 232Th in various food materials

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-399

  Misdaq, M A ^a   Bourzik, W ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EFFECTIVE DOSES; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS (SSNTD);

DOSIMETRY;

THORIUM 232; URANIUM 234;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MOROCCO; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; VEGETABLE;

FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; MOROCCO; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 12344302131     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/24/4/003     Document Type: Article

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