Radiation exposure due to agricultural uses of phosphate fertilizers

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1402-1407

  Khater, Ashraf E M ^a,b   AL Sewaidan, H A ^b  

^a HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVITY;

NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; PHOSPHATE ROCKS; RADIATION EXPOSURES; RADIOLOGICAL IMPACTS;

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS;

EID: 52049098246     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.04.084     Document Type: Article

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