Radiation exposure from radionuclides in ground water: An uncertainty analysis for selected exposure scenarios

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-218

  Prohl G ^a   Muller H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; RADIOISOTOPE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHES; HUMANS; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029812822     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050032     Document Type: Article

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