Occurrence of 224Ra, 226Ra, 228Ra, gross alpha, and uranium in California groundwater

Health Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 667-678

  Ruberu, Shiyamalie R ^a   Liu, Yun Gang ^a   Perera, S Kusum ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental; Groundwater; Radioactivity; Radium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RADIUM 224; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; URANIUM; WELL WATER; FRESH WATER; RADIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION SCATTERING; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALPHA PARTICLES; FRESH WATER; RADIUM; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 27844562710     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000168613.06726.03     Document Type: Article

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