A survey of gross alpha and beta activity concentrations in groundwater from Katsina area of Northern Nigeria

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-133

  Muhammad, B G ^a   Jaafar, M S ^a   Akpa, T C ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ELECTRON; NIGERIA; RADIATION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ALPHA PARTICLES; BETA PARTICLES; CALIBRATION; NIGERIA; RADIATION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77956287016     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq162     Document Type: Article

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