Natural radioactivity in sand used in thermal therapy at the Red Sea Coast

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-19

  El Arabi, A M ^a  

^a SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dose rate; Natural radionuclide; Sand

Indexed keywords

HEAT TREATMENT; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOISOTOPES; SAND;

CLIMATOTHERAPY; ECONOMIC RESOURCES; EGYPT; NATURAL RADIATION;

RADIOACTIVITY;

HEALTH CARE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; TOURISM;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DUST; INHALATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVITY; SAMPLING; SAND; SEASHORE; TEMPERATURE; WORKER;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BACKGROUND RADIATION; BALNEOLOGY; CLIMATE; EGYPT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; PSORIASIS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; SKIN ABSORPTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SAFAGA; WORLD;

EID: 14644432428     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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