The mean concentration of uranium in drinking water, urine, and hair of the occupationally unexposed Finnish working population

Health Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 646-654

  Muikku, Maarit ^a   Puhakainen, Marketta ^b   Heikkinen, Tarja ^b   Ilus, Taina ^a  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Excretion, urinary; Exposure, radiation; Uranium; Water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; URANIUM; WELL WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; URINALYSIS; URINE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ADOLESCENT; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149132646     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000345026.98668.c4     Document Type: Article

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