Measurement of environmental radioactivity for estimation of radiation exposure from saline soil of Lahore, Pakistan

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-14

  Akhtar, Nasim ^a   Tufail, M ^b   Ashraf, M ^c   Iqbal, M Mohsin ^a  

^a NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Bahauddin Zakariya University   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

40K, 137Cs,226Ra,232Th; Environmental radioactivity; Gamma spectrometry; HPGe detector; Saline soil

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GAMMA RAYS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PH EFFECTS; RADIATION; RADIOMETRY; SOILS;

ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SALINE SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 9544219689     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.02.016     Document Type: Article

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