Radon exhalation rate in Chhatrapur beach sand samples of high background radiation area and estimation of its radiological implications

Indian Journal of Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1011-1018

  Mahur, A K ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Sengupta, D ^b   Prasad, Rajendra ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Radon exhalation rate; Sand samples; Ssntd; Uranium concentration

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349416715     PISSN: 09731458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12648-009-0061-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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