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Low‐level 214Pb and 214Bi contamination of oily sludge for use in road building and soil enrichment

A. E. Pillay Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 36, Al Khoud, 123, Sultanate of OmanCorrespondence[email protected]
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F. M. Salih Department of Clinical and Biomedical Physics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 35, Al Khoud, 123, Sultanate of Oman
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K. Jayasekara Department of Clinical and Biomedical Physics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 35, Al Khoud, 123, Sultanate of Oman
Pages 571-578 | Accepted 17 May 2005, Published online: 26 Jan 2007

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