Estimation of radiation doses to members of the public in Italy from intakes of some important naturally occurring radionuclides (238U, 234U, 235U, 226Ra, 228Ra, 224Ra and 210Po) in drinking water

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 849-857

  Jia, Guogang ^a   Torri, Giancarlo ^a  

^a Agency for Environmental Protection   (Italy)

Author keywords

Spectrometry; 210Po; Drinking water; Radiation dose; Radium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

POLONIUM; POTABLE WATER; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM;

ARTIFICIAL RADIONUCLIDES; DRINKING WATER INTAKE; RADIOLOGICAL QUALITY;

DOSIMETRY;

DRINKING WATER; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 224; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY; RISK; WATER SAMPLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; ITALY; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADON; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 34248201665     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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