Distribution of uranium in drinking water and associated age-dependent radiation dose in India

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-113

  Sahoo, S K ^a   Mohapatra, S ^a   Chakrabarty, A ^a   Sumesh, C G ^a   Jha, V N ^a   Tripathi, R M ^a   Puranik, V D ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; URANIUM;

ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FLUID INTAKE; FLUOROMETRY; GROUPS BY AGE; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; BODY BURDEN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; LASERS; RADIATION MONITORING; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 69949116283     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncp147     Document Type: Article

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