Natural radioactivity, dose assessment and uranium uptake by agricultural crops at Khan Al-Zabeeb, Jordan

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1192-1199

  Al Kharouf, Samer J ^a   Al Hamarneh, Ibrahim F ^b   Dababneh, Munir ^b  

^a ROYAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY   (Jordan)

^b AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Alpha spectrometry; Annual effective dose equivalent; Gamma spectrometry; Natural radioactivity; Soil; Transfer factor; Watermelon; Zucchini

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; DOSIMETRY; FRUITS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; RADIOACTIVITY; SOILS; URANIUM CARBIDE;

ALPHA SPECTROMETRY; ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE EQUIVALENT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; TRANSFER FACTORS; WATERMELON; ZUCCHINI;

CROPS;

CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RADON 222; THORIUM 232; URANIUM; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CROP PRODUCTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRUIT; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROP; FRUIT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; JORDAN; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOASSAY; SOIL ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE; WATERMELON;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CITRULLUS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CUCURBITA; JORDAN; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO;

EID: 43849089744     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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