Passive radium measurements in soil samples from North Western desert of Egypt using LR-115 nuclear track detector
Background: The knowledge of the distribution of radionuclides and radiation levels in the environment is important for assessing the effects of radiation exposure to human beings. Radium (226Ra) and its ultimate precursor uranium (238U) are the parent sources of radon (222Rn).222Rn is the main natu...
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Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Radiation and Cancer Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.journalrcr.org/article.asp?issn=2588-9273;year=2020;volume=11;issue=4;spage=183;epage=187;aulast=Hussein |