Regional dependence of urinary uranium baseline levels in non-exposed subjects with particular reference to volunteers from Northern Italy

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 357-364

  Bagatti, D ^a   Cantone, M C ^a   Giussani, A ^a   Veronese, I ^a   Roth, P ^b   Werner, E ^b   Hollriegl V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Excretion; Tap water; Uranium; Urine

Indexed keywords

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; NUTRITION; POTABLE WATER; URANIUM;

BASELINE VALUES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DRINKING WATER; URANIUM;

DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; URINE VOLUME;

(NORTH); ITALY;

EID: 0037258382     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(02)00107-8     Document Type: Article

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