A survey of 222Rn concentrations in domestic water supplies of IRAN

Health Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 417-421

  Sohrabi, M ^a   Alirezazadeh, N ^b   Tajik Ahmadi, H ^a  

^a National Radiation Protection Department Iran   (Iran)

^b NONE

Author keywords

222Rn; Radioactivity, natural; Sampling; Water

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RADON; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; IRAN; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IRAN; RADON; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0031595871     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199810000-00009     Document Type: Article

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