Non-destructive determination of 224Ra, 226Ra and 228Ra concentrations in drinking water by gamma spectroscopy

Health Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 613-620

  Parekh, Pravin ^a   Haines, Douglas ^b   Bari, Abdul ^b   Torres, Miguel ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Radium; Sampling; Spectroscopy, gamma; Water

Indexed keywords

ACTINIUM 228; BISMUTH; BISMUTH 214; DRINKING WATER; GERMANIUM; LEAD 212; LEAD 214; RADIUM 224; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0142152513     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200311000-00010     Document Type: Article

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