Concentrations of 238U, 234U, 235U, 232Th, 230Th, 228Th, 226Ra, 228Ra, 224Ra, 210Po, 210Pb and 212Pb in drinking water in Italy: reconciling safety standards based on measurements of gross α and β

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 941-949

  Jia, Guogang ^a   Torri, Giancarlo ^a   Magro, Leandro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

spectrometry; 210Pb and 212Pb; 210Po; 224Ra; 226Ra; 228Ra; 228Th; 230Th; 232Th; 234U; 235U; 238U; Drinking water; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

210PB AND 212PB; 210PO; 224RA; 226RA; 228RA; 228TH; 230TH; 232TH; 234U; 235U; 238U; DRINKING WATER; RADIATION DOSE;

DOSIMETRY; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; ISOTOPE; LEAD 210; LEAD 212; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 224; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; THORIUM 228; THORIUM 230; THORIUM 232; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238; FRESH WATER; LEAD; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT; RADIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRINKING WATER; LEAD ISOTOPE; POLONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SAFETY; STANDARD (REGULATION); THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUID INTAKE; ITALY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; STANDARDIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ALPHA RADIATION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; SAFETY; STANDARD; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALPHA PARTICLES; BETA PARTICLES; ELEMENTS, RADIOACTIVE; FRESH WATER; ITALY; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; POLONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; SAFETY; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 69749116115     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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