Estimates of the dose due to 222RN concentrations in water

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-7

  Gomez Lopez M ^a   Martin Sanchez A ^a   Gomez Escobar V G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RADON 222; FRESH WATER; MINERAL; RADON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; INGESTION; INHALATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; DRINKING; GEOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; DRINKING; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; INHALATION; MINERALS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADON; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 16644402889     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch350     Document Type: Article

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