Natural radioactivity levels in building materials used in Egypt

Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-52

  Ahmad, Fawzia ^a  

^a National Institute of Standards   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Building materials; HpGe and solid state nuclear track detectors; Natural radioactivity; Radon exhalation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; GERMANIUM; ISOTOPES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADON;

HPGE; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADON EXHALATION; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 33751529315     PISSN: 10420150     EISSN: 10294953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420150600968246     Document Type: Article

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