Investigating the effect of using granite and marble as a building material on the radiation exposure of humans

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 556-563

  Ebaid, Y Y ^a   Bakr, W F ^b  

^a Fayoum University   (Egypt)

^b HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; POTASSIUM; RADIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; THORIUM;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GRANITE; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM;

EID: 84866458705     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncs044     Document Type: Article

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