Naturally occurring radionuclides in community water supplies of New York State

Health Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-260

  Kitto, Michael E ^a,b   Kim, Min Sook ^c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective dose; Radium; Uranium; Water

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; URANIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; COMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; BODY BURDEN; NEW YORK; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 13844279004     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000149879.58455.1f     Document Type: Article

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