title: Alpha activity measurement of cigarettes in Kuwait.
abstract: A semiconductor surface barrier detector with an active area of 450 mm2 and depletion layer thickness of 300 microns has been used to measure the alpha activity of cigarette tobacco. The performance parameters of the counting system, the calibration and the results of alpha-activity in some cigarettes are presented.
authors.affiliation: Radiation Protection Division, Ministry of Public Health, Qadesiya, Kuwait.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: al Mudaires
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Abdul-Bari
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sabol
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Vasisht
mesh_terms: D000512:Alpha Particles; D005602:France; D007597:Jordan; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000032:analysis*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States