U-series concentration in surface and ground water resources of Ardabil province

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-318

  Hadad, Kamal ^a   Doulatdar, Reza ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RADIUM; RADIUM 226; RADON 222; SURFACE WATER; URANIUM; WELL WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUOROMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; LAKE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RIVER; THERMAL SPRING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROMETRY; GEOGRAPHY; IRAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; RADON; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 53449088616     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn001     Document Type: Article

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