Anomalously high levels of uranium and other naturally occurring radionuclides in private wells in the Piedmont Region of South Carolina

Health Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 248-252

  Hughes, Lara D ^a   Powell, Brian A ^b   Soreefan, Aurelie M ^b   Falta, Deborah A ^b   Devol, Timothy A ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LG Rich Environ Res Laboratory ^*

Author keywords

Decay products; Dose, internal; Intake, radionuclide; Radioactivity, environmental

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; LEAD 210; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; RADON 222; URANIUM; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 13844311100     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000146580.29977.f4     Document Type: Article

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