Activity concentrations of 226Ra and 228Ra in drilled well water in Finland

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 406-412

  Vesterbacka, Pia ^a   Turtiainen, T ^a   Heinavaara S ^a   Arvela, H ^a  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; WELL WATER; RADON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FINLAND; WATER ANALYSIS; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FINLAND; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADON; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33846036343     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl067     Document Type: Article

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