Levels of uranium in waters from some Indian cities determined by fission track analysis

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 683-687

  Singh, Padam ^a   Rana, N P S ^a   Azam, Ameer ^a   Naqvi, A H ^a   Srivastava, D S ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; FISSION PRODUCTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; PLASTIC SHEETS; POLLUTION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; TRACE ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

FISSION TRACK ANALYSIS; URANIUM CONCENTRATION LEVELS;

URANIUM;

EID: 0030232238     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)82882-X     Document Type: Article

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