Radon concentrations in ground and drinking water in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-151

  Villalba, L ^a   Colmenero Sujo, L ^a,b   Montero Cabrera, M E ^a   Cano Jimenez A ^a   Renteria Villalobos M ^a   Delgado Mendoza, C J ^c   Jurado Tenorio, L A ^c   Davila Rangel I ^d   Herrera Peraza, E F ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

^b Chihuahua Institute of Technology   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Chihuahua; Drinking water; Ground water; Mexico; Radon

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; IMPURITIES; POTABLE WATER; WELLS;

MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL (MCL); TAP-WATER SAMPLES;

RADON;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; RADON;

AQUIFER; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; RADON; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; MEXICO; ROCK; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

CITIES; MEXICO; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13444310812     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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