Assessment of environmental radioactivity concentration and effective dose rates from radon gas exposure from water samples in Gezira State, Sudan

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Issue		Radioprotection Volume 59, Number 3, July - September


Page(s)		235 - 245
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2024018
Published online		18 September 2024

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