Assessment of radioactivity and radon exhalation rate in Egyptian cement

Health Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 517-522

  El Bahi, S M ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Detector, radiation; Exhalation rate; Naturally occurring radionuclides; Radon

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM; RADON; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CEMENT INDUSTRY; EGYPT; EXHALATION; HEALTH HAZARD; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOACTIVITY; SOLID STATE;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; EGYPT; MATERIALS TESTING; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 1942502264     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200405000-00008     Document Type: Article

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