Radon exhalation from Libyan soil samples measured with the SSNTD technique

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-168

  Saad, A F ^a   Abdallah, R M ^a   Hussein, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Annual effective dose; Can technique; CR 39 NTDs; Radium content; Radon exhalation rates; Soil

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; CAN TECHNIQUE; CR-39 NTDS; RADIUM CONTENT; RADON EXHALATION RATE;

ALUMINUM; RADIUM; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

RADON;

RADIUM; RADON;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION SAFETY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTOR;

EID: 84870712615     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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