Occurrence and distribution of 210Pb and 210Po in selected California groundwater wells

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 432-441

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

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

210Pb; 210Po; Groundwater; Radioactivity, environmental

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; GROUND WATER; ION EXCHANGE RESIN; LEAD; NICKEL; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ACCURACY; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CALIFORNIA; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; POLONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34247164727     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000254883.26386.9b     Document Type: Article

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