Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry as a simple, rapid, and inexpensive method for determination of uranium in urine and fresh water: Comparison with LIF

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 879-885

  Karpas, Zeev ^a   Halicz, Ludwik ^b   Roiz, Jacob ^a   Marko, Rachel ^a   Katorza, Esther ^a   Lorber, Avraham ^a   Goldbart, Zvi ^a  

^a NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

excretion, urinary; exposure, occupational; nuclear power industry; uranium

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029906685     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199612000-00004     Document Type: Article

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