Measurement and application of uranium isotopes for human and environmental monitoring

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-18

  Goldstein, Steven J ^b   Rodriguez, James M ^b   Lujan, Nancy ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

monitoring, environmental; radioactivity, natural; spectrometry, alpha; uranium

Indexed keywords

URANIUM 238; URANIUM DERIVATIVE;

AIR SAMPLING; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL; URINALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0031037208     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199701000-00002     Document Type: Article

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