Natural radioactivity and dose estimation in underground water from the Sudety Mountains in Poland

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-335

  Kozlowska B ^a   Walencik, A ^a   Dorda, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; RADON; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; POLAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETRY; SPA TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; FRESH WATER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLAND; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIUM; RADON; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 45149119627     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm380     Document Type: Article

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