Assessment of the natural radioactivity in the soils of Windhoek city, Namibia, Southern Africa

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-340

  Oyedele, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; POTASSIUM 40; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GEOGRAPHY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; BACKGROUND RADIATION; NAMIBIA; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; THORIUM;

EID: 33846096746     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl025     Document Type: Article

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