Radiological impact of almost a century of phosphate industry in Flanders, Belgium

Health Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 413-424

  Paridaens, J ^a   Vanmarcke, H ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Environmental impact; Radiation risk; Radon

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM FLUORIDE; CALCIUM SULFATE; FERTILIZER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; RADIUM 226; RADON; THORIUM 232; PHOSPHOGYPSUM; PHOSPHORUS; RADIUM; THORIUM; RADON 226; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BUILDING MATERIAL; CATTLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENT; HEIGHT; LIQUID; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY; RECYCLING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK; RIVER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; TIME; AMBIENT AIR; HISTORY; HUMAN; MATERIALS; PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY; POPULATION RISK; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION INJURY; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT;

BOS; PHOSPHOGYPSUM;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CALCIUM FLUORIDE; CALCIUM SULFATE; CATTLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CITIES; FERTILIZERS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; PHOSPHORUS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; THORIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69049086664     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000319904.66918.46     Document Type: Article

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