Uranium content measurement in drinking water for some region in Sudan using Laser Flourometry Technique

Life Science Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 117-121

  Saad, Majdi H ^a,b   Tamboul, Jumaa Yousif ^a,b   Yousef, Mohamed ^a,b  

^a TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SUDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Laser Flourometry Technique; Measurement; Sudan; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892376515     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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