Radioactivity in building materials used in and around Dhaka City

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 527-532

  Roy, S ^a   Alam, M S ^b,c   Begum, M ^a   Alam, B ^b  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY CENTER   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVITY; SAFETY; 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; BANGLADESH; 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;

EID: 25144503940     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch471     Document Type: Article

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