Health risk related to radon in a thermal spa utilizing waters from Guarani aquifer

WIT Transactions on Biomedicine and Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2007, Pages 137-146

  Bonotto, D M ^a   Santos, T O ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air; Groundwater; Guarani aquifer; Radon; Thermal spa

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DECAY (ORGANIC); GROUNDWATER FLOW; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON;

GUARANI AQUIFERS; GUARANI AQUIFIER; RADIUM ISOTOPES; THERMAL SPA;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 38849118365     PISSN: 17433525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/EHR070151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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