The effect of exposure to employees from mining and milling operations in a uranium mine on lead isotopes - A pilot study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 339, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 267-272

  Gulson, Brian L ^a,b   Mizon, Karen J ^a   Dickson, Bruce L ^b   Korsch, Michael J ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood; Exposure; Lead isotopes; Thorium; Uranium mining; Uranium processing

Indexed keywords

COMMINUTION; LEAD; MINING; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON;

MILLING OPERATIONS; POTENTIAL EXPOSURES; RADIOACTIVE GASES; URANIUM ORES;

URANIUM;

ISOTOPE; LEAD; URANIUM;

BLOOD; HEALTH MONITORING; LEAD ISOTOPE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGESTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATERIALS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD; HUMANS; INHALATION; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIUM; RADON DAUGHTERS; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; WORLD;

EID: 14644396122     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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