Uranium studies in water samples belonging to Malwa region of Punjab, using track etching technique

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 441-445

  Mehra, Rohit ^a   Singh, Surinder ^b   Singh, Kulwant ^b  

^a Malout Institute of Management and Information Technology   (India)

^b GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fission track; Lithophilic; Uranium; Water

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; TRACE ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

FISSION TRACK; HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENTS; LITHOPHILIC; URANIUM CONCENTRATION;

URANIUM;

EID: 34249338719     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.01.040     Document Type: Article

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