Risk due assessment to the intake of uranium isotopes in mineral spring waters;Estimativa de risco devido a ingestao de isotopos de uranio em fontes de aguas minerais

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 317-320

  Camargo, Iara M C ^a   Mazzilli, Barbara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mineral waters, analyses; Radioactivity; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; MINERAL WATER; RADIUM 226; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; INGESTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; OSTEOSARCOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0031729786     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89101998000400002     Document Type: Article

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