Assessment of radiological hazards due to the natural radioactivity in soil and building material samples collected from six districts of the Punjab province-Pakistan

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1443-1447

  Faheem, Munazza ^a   Mujahid, S A ^b   Matiullah, ^b  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b Physics Division   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Annual effective dose; Gamma ray spectrometry; Health risks; Radium equivalent activity

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

ALL OVER THE WORLD; ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PAKISTAN; RADIOLOGICAL HAZARDS; RADIUM EQUIVALENT ACTIVITY;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 52249101537     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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