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Reply to the letter-to-the-editor submitted by Dr. M. U. Khandaker at JRNC referring to the article entitled as “Environmental impact of some cement manufacturing plants in Saudi Arabia” J Radioanal Nucl Chem (2014) 302:1103–1117 doi 10.1007/s10967-014-3383-8

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  1. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 888, Al-Hawiah, Taif, Saudi Arabia

    H. E. Hassan, T. Sharshar & H. M. Badran

  2. Cyclotron Facility, Nuclear Research Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, 13759, Egypt

    H. E. Hassan

  3. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt

    T. Sharshar

  4. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt

    H. M. Badran

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Hassan, H.E., Sharshar, T. & Badran, H.M. Reply to the letter-to-the-editor submitted by Dr. M. U. Khandaker at JRNC referring to the article entitled as “Environmental impact of some cement manufacturing plants in Saudi Arabia” J Radioanal Nucl Chem (2014) 302:1103–1117 doi 10.1007/s10967-014-3383-8. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 304, 971–972 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3866-7

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