Natural radionuclides and dose estimation in natural water resources from Elba protective area, Egypt

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 284-292

  El Arabi, A M ^a   Ahmed, N K ^a   Salahel Din, K ^a  

^a SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; DOSIMETRY; EGYPT; FLUID INTAKE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PH MEASUREMENT; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EGYPT; HUMANS; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33846115598     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl022     Document Type: Article

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