An experimental analysis of the contribution of 228Ra progeny to the gross alpha-particle activity of water samples

Health Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 213-219

  Arndt, Michael F ^a   West, Lynn E ^a  

^a WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha particles; Radioactivity, environmental; Radium; Water

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RADIUM 228; ISOTOPE; RADIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; WATER SAMPLING; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALPHA PARTICLES; BACKGROUND RADIATION; ISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 52049122362     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000311002.90319.37     Document Type: Article

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