Natural radioactivity levels in bottled water in Spain

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1919-1924

  Duenas C ^a   Fernandez M C ^a   Liger, E ^a   Carretero, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bottled waters; radioactivity; radioactivity

Indexed keywords

MINERAL SPRINGS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BOTTLED WATER;

POTABLE WATER;

MINERAL WATER;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; GEOLOGY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0342275216     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00038-9     Document Type: Article

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