Uranium and trace elements in phosphate fertilizers-Saudi Arabia

Health Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-70

  Khater, Ashraf E M ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

agriculture; contamination; Environmental; Natural; radioactivity; Uranium

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; POWDER; SAUDI ARABIA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FERTILIZERS; GAMMA RAYS; GROUNDWATER; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; POWDERS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 82955188704     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3182289c17     Document Type: Article

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