Uranium speciation in drinking water from drilled wells in Southern Finland and its potential links to health effects

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3941-3946

  Prat, Odette ^a,b,c,d   Vercouter, Thomas ^a,d,e   Ansoborlo, Eric ^a,d,f   Fichet, Pascal ^a,d,g   Perret, Pascale ^a,d,g   Kurttio, Päivi ^d,h   Salonen, Laina ^d,h  

^a DIF   (France)

^b Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie (IBEB)   (France)

^c Laboratoire d'Etude de Protéines Cibles LEPC   (France)

^d Directions des Etudes Nucléaires ^*  (Finland)

^e Laboratoire de Spéciation des Radionucléides et des Molécules

^f Commission d'ETAblissement des Méthodes d'Analyses ^*

^g Isotopiques et Elémentaires

^h STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEALTH; INFILL DRILLING; TOXICITY; URANIUM; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; WELL DRILLING;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; CALCIUM DEPENDENT; CLINICAL SYMPTOMS; INTER-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES; MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING; THERMODYNAMIC DATA; TIME-RESOLVED LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; URANIUM CONCENTRATION;

POTABLE WATER;

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; RADON 222; URANIUM; URANIUM DERIVATIVE; WELL WATER;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOMINANCE; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH IMPACT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION; WELL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FINLAND; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPTOM; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 66249141638     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803658e     Document Type: Article

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