Occupational exposure of phosphate mine workers: Airborne radioactivity measurements and dose assessment

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-57

  Khater, Ashraf E ^a   Hussein, M A ^a   Hussein, Mohamed I ^a  

^a HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Airborne Radioactivity; Dose calculation; Occupational exposure; Phosphate

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TUNNELING; MINES; URANIUM;

DOSE RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL GAMMA;

RADIOACTIVITY;

PHOSPHATE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADON; RADON 220; URANIUM;

MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; HUMAN; MINER; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOACTIVITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADON; SAFETY;

THORON;

EID: 2442582420     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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