Temporal and spatial variation of waterborne point-of-use 222Rn in three water distribution systems

Health Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 242-248

  Fisher, Eileen L ^a   Fuortes, Laurence J ^a   Ledolter, Johannes ^a   Steck, D J ^b   William Field, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b St John's University   (United States)

Author keywords

222Rn; Groundwater; Sampling; Standards

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RADON 222;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0031930912     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199802000-00010     Document Type: Article

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