Occurrence of radon in the drinking water of Dehradun City, India

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-70

  Ramola, B C ^a   Choubey, V M ^b   Saini, N K ^b   Bartarya, S K ^b  

^a HNB Garhwal University Campus ^*  (India)

^b WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Radon; Well water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; RADON 222;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0345211471     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024611     Document Type: Article

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