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A method for evaluating radioactivity of rocks used in the building industry

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Environmental Geology

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This work proposes a method by which radium salt concentrations in rocks are determined. It also relates to radon amounts and emissions produced by these salts released into the environment, and, consequently, the affects on man by inhalation. Much of this can be ascribed to materials used in the building industry. On the basis of experimental results, the risk of this is expressed in the light of rules provided about radio-protection.

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  1. Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Bari, Via Orabona, 4, 70125 Bari, Italy, Italy

    G. Baldassarre

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Bari, Via Orabona, 4, 70125 Bari, Italy, Italy

    M. Spizzico

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Baldassarre, G., Spizzico, M. A method for evaluating radioactivity of rocks used in the building industry. Env Geol 41, 579–582 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002540100423

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