Radiological hazards of Narghile (hookah, shisha, goza) smoking: activity concentrations and dose assessment

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1808-1814

  Khater, Ashraf E M ^a,b   Abd El Aziz, Nawal S ^a   Al Sewaidan, Hamed A ^b   Chaouachi, Kamal ^c  

^a HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Hookah; Moassel; Narghile; Radionuclides; Shisha; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CURING; GLYCEROL; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; TOBACCO; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

DOSE ASSESSMENT; HOOKAH; MOASSEL; NARGHILE; RADIONUCLIDES; SHISHA;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); RADIOACTIVITY; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HEALTH HAZARD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVITY; TOBACCO;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; EGYPT; HUMANS; POLONIUM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIUM; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOBACCO; URANIUM;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 55649104117     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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