Investigation of natural radioactivity levels in water around Kadugli, Sudan

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1650-1653

  Osman, Alfatih A A ^a   Salih, Isam ^a   Shaddad, Ibrahim A ^a   El Din, Saif ^a   Siddeeg, M B ^a   Eltayeb, Hatem ^a   Idriss, Hajo ^a   Hamza, Walid ^a   Yousif, E H ^a  

^a SUDAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Effective dose; Groundwater; Hand pumps; Miri Lake; Natural radioactivity

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER;

EFFECTIVE DOSE; HAND-PUMPS; MIRI LAKE; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

BISMUTH; BISMUTH 214; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; LAKE WATER; LEAD; LEAD 214; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RADON 222; SURFACE WATER; THORIUM; THORIUM 229; THORIUM 232; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM; URANIUM 232; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SUDAN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PORTUGAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 50649101232     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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