Measurement of 222Rn concentration in Kenyan groundwater

Health Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-95

  Otwoma, D ^a   Mustapha, A O ^b  

^a Natl Radiat Protection Laboratory   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Exposure, radiation; Groundwater; Radiation, background; Radon

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RADON 222; FRESH WATER; RADON;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; KENYA; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

FRESH WATER; KENYA; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0031594490     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199801000-00011     Document Type: Article

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