Gamma-emitting radionuclides in the shallow marine sediments off the Sindh coast, Arabian Sea

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 440-447

  Akram, M ^a   Qureshi, Riffat M ^b   Ahmad, Nasir ^c   Solaija, Tariq Jamal ^a  

^a Ishfaq Ahmad Research Laboratories   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PAKISTAN; POLLUTION CONTROL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

ASIA; GAMMA RAYS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 33748109014     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci355     Document Type: Article

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