Determination of natural radioactivity in building materials used in Tunisian dwellings by gamma ray spectrometry

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 533-537

  Hizem, Neila ^a   Fredj, A Ben ^a   Ghedira, L ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 235;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOACTIVITY; REFERENCE VALUE; TUNISIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; IONIZING RADIATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BACKGROUND RADIATION; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; TUNISIA;

EID: 25144442705     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch489     Document Type: Article

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