Uranium concentration in typical Pakistani diet

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-293

  Akhter, Perveen ^a   Khaleeq Ur Rahman, Muhammad ^b   Shiraishi, Kunio ^c   Kawamura, Hisao ^c,d   Ahmad, Nasir ^e  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Japan Marine Science Foundation   (Japan)

^e PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Diet; Dose; ICP MS; Intake; Uranium

Indexed keywords

HEALTH HAZARDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; URANIUM;

'DRY' [; ADULT POPULATIONS; DOSE; FOOD SAMPLES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INTAKE; MEASURED VALUES; PAKISTAN; RADIATION RISK; URANIUM CONCENTRATION;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY;

URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; METHODOLOGY; PAKISTAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DIET; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM;

EID: 1542441524     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.44.289     Document Type: Article

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