Natural radioactivity in groundwater and estimates of committed effective dose due to water ingestion in the state of Chihuahua (Mexico)

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-157

  Villalba, L ^a   Montero Cabrera, M Elena ^a   Manjon Collado G ^b   Colmenero Sujo, L ^a,c   Renteria Villalobos M ^a   Cano Jimenez A ^a   Rodriguez Pineda A ^d   Davila Rangel I ^e   Quirino Torres, L ^e   Herrera Peraza, E F ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c Chihuahua Institute of Technology   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; RADIUM 226; RADON 222; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUID INTAKE; MEXICO; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION DOSE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

HUMANS; INFANT; MEXICO; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; RADON; URANIUM; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33845690876     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci382     Document Type: Article

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