Environmental Pollution and Protection
Study of the Naturally Occurring Radionuclide Concentrations and the Estimation of Dose Rates for the Samples Collected from the St. Martin’s Island, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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Author(s)
- M. H. Kabir*
Department of Physics, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh - M.M.H. Miah
Department of Physics, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh - M.M. Rahman
Department of Physics, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh - M. Kamal
Atomic Energy Centre, Chittagong, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission(BAEC) - M.T. Chowdhury
Atomic Energy Centre, Chittagong, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission(BAEC)
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