Levels of iodine and other elements in drinking water across rural counties adjoining a former uranium mining and milling works, through short-time activation analysis

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 579, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 514-517

  Freitas, Maria do Carmo ^a   Vieira, Bruno J ^a   Pacheco, Adriano M G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Drinking water; ENAA; Human health; INAA; Iodine; Short lived nuclides; Uranium mines

Indexed keywords

DRYING; IODINE; POTABLE WATER; URANIUM MINES; WATER QUALITY;

HUMAN HEALTH; SHORT-LIVED NUCLIDES;

WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547680385     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.04.113     Document Type: Article

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