Radiation dose assessment at amang processing plants in Malaysia

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 400-406

  Omar, Muhamat ^a   Sulaiman, I ^a   Hassan, A ^a   Wood, A K ^a  

^a MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON 220; RADON DAUGHTER; URANIUM;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; MALAYSIA; MINERAL DUST; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MINERALS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADON DAUGHTERS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 37449011575     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm212     Document Type: Article

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