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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Main Author: Ahmed Saad Hussein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
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