Radioactive contamination of the atmosphere of Cairo, Egypt, from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant accident

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 269-273

  El Kameesy, S U ^a   Salama, E ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

cesium 134; cesium 137; Egypt; environment; Fukushima accident; gamma spectroscopy; iodine 131; radiation exposure; radionuclides

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CITY; EGYPT; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; STANDARD;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CITIES; EGYPT; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT;

EID: 84878967772     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2013.771636     Document Type: Article

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