The world's high background natural radiation areas (HBNRAs) revisited: A broad overview of the dosimetric, epidemiological and radiobiological issues
Authors:
- Abubakar Sadiq AliyuAAAbubakar Sadiq Aliyu
- Ahmad Termizi RamliARAhmad Termizi Ramli
- 1 February 2015
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in Radiation Measurements
- Vol. 73, 51-59
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