Uranium isotopes in public drinking water and dose assessment for man in Poland

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-39

  Pietrzak Flis, Zofia ^a   Kaminska, Iwona ^a   Chrzanowski, Edward ^a  

^a Centralne Laboratorium Ochrony Radiologicznej Warsaw   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER; TAP WATER; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; POLAND; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; POLAND; RADIOISOTOPES; URANIUM; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 17844363039     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch425     Document Type: Article

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