226Ra concentration in the teeth of habitants of areas with high level of natural radioactivity in Ramsar

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 212-218

  Aghamiri, S Mahmoud Reza ^a   Ghorbani, Zahra ^b   Darafsheh, Arash ^a   Torabzadeh, Hasan ^b   Fathivand, Ali Asghar ^c   Minuchehr, Abdulhamid ^a   Jalinoos, Alireza ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c National Radiation Protection Department Iran   (Iran)

^d ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

226Ra; Background radiation; Dental health

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; METABOLISM; RADIOACTIVITY; SOILS; SURVEYING; TISSUE;

226 RA; BACKGROUND RADIATION; DENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY;

RADIUM;

CALCIUM; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; RADIUM 226; RADIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIUM ISOTOPE; TOOTH;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IONIZING RADIATION; IRAN; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SEASHORE; SOIL PROPERTY; TOOTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CITY; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER POLLUTANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MAZANDARAN; MIDDLE EAST; SAKHT SAR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CITIES; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; IRAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIUM; TOOTH; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 33746337603     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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