The daily intake of 234,235,238U, 228,230,232Th and 226,228Ra by new york city residents

Health Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 357-363

  Fisenne, Isabel M ^a   Perry, Pamela M ^a   Decker, Karin M ^a   Keller, Helen W ^a  

^a Environmental Measurements Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER; RADON;

AIR; DIET; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; PREVENTION; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; RADIATION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; DIET; HUMAN; NEW YORK CITY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0023430427     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-198710000-00002     Document Type: Article

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