238U, 232Th, 222Rn, and 220Rn concentrations measured in various bottled mineral waters and resulting radiation doses to the members of the European population living in the City of Marrakech (Morocco)

Health Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-291

  Misdaq, M A ^a   Chaouqi, A ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Annual limit on intake; Dose assessment; Radioactivity, environmental; Water

Indexed keywords

MINERAL WATER; RADON 220; RADON 222; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238; RADON; RADON DAUGHTER; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSUMER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EUROPE; MOROCCO; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; BODY BURDEN; CAUCASIAN; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT;

BODY BURDEN; CITIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MINERAL WATERS; MOROCCO; RADON; RADON DAUGHTERS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 41049097320     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000291944.11838.c8     Document Type: Article

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