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Contribution of soil in the annual effective dose due to radon in the air of some dwellings in the city of Karbala, Iraq Cover

Contribution of soil in the annual effective dose due to radon in the air of some dwellings in the city of Karbala, Iraq

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering
Volume 27 (2021): Issue 3 (September 2021)
By: Abdalsattar Kareem Hashim,  Laith Ahmed Najam and  Firas Mohammed Ali Aljomaily  
Open Access
|Sep 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2021-0028 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
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Language: English
Page range: 233 - 239
Published on: Sep 27, 2021
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
radon concentration,
(AED),
SSNTD (CR-39),
soil,
air,
dwelling
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Biomedical engineering,
Physics,
Technical and applied physics,
Medical physics

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