PB-210 concentrations in cigarettes tobaccos and radiation doses to the smokers

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-391

  Tahir, S N A ^a   Alaamer, A S ^b  

^a Directorate General of Local Government and Community Development Department   (Pakistan)

^b King Khalid Military Academy   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; LEAD 210; POLONIUM; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; PLANAR CHROMATOGRAPHY; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; POLONIUM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SMOKING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOBACCO; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 53349160554     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn097     Document Type: Article

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