Uranium-238 and thorium-232 series concentrations in soil, radon-222 indoor and drinking water concentrations and dose assessment in the city of Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-219

  Colmenero Sujo, L ^a,b   Montero Cabrera, M E ^a   Villalba, L ^a   Renteria Villalobos M ^a   Torres Moye, E ^a   Garcia Leon M ^c   Garcia Tenorio R ^c   Mireles Garcia F ^d   Herrera Peraza, E F ^a   Sanchez Aroche D ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

^b Chihuahua Institute of Technology   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chihuahua; Drinking water; Effective dose; Indoor air; Mexico; Rn 222; Soil; Th 232; U 238

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; POTABLE WATER; RADON; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROMETRY; THORIUM; URANIUM;

HIGH RESOLUTION GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; RADON INHALATION;

RADIOACTIVITY;

DRINKING WATER; RADON 222; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRINKING WATER; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR RADON; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; RADIATION DOSE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HUMANS; MEXICO; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 4143131018     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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