Human exposure to uranium in groundwater

Environmental Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 319-326

  Orloff, Kenneth G ^a   Mistry, Ketna ^a   Charp, Paul ^a   Metcalf, Susan ^a   Marino, Robert ^b   Shelly, Tracy ^b   Melaro, Eric ^b   Donohoe, Ann Marie ^b   Jones, Robert L ^c  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Human exposure; Uranium; Urine

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; URANIUM;

DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIONUCLIDE; URANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; URINALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MALE; SOUTH CAROLINA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM;

EID: 1542351624     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(03)00115-4     Document Type: Article

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