Dose evaluation and measurement of radon concentration in some drinking water sources of the Ramsar region in Iran

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-272

  Mowlavi, Ali Asghar ^a   Shahbahrami, Amrolah ^b   Binesh, Alireza ^c  

^a HAKIM SABZEVARI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Annual radon dose; Ionogenic radiation exposure; Iran; PRASSI system; Radon 220; Radon 222; Ramsar region; Water

Indexed keywords

RADON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADON; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IRAN; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; IRAN; RADON; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MAZANDARAN; MIDDLE EAST; SAKHT SAR;

EID: 70449416831     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010903084084     Document Type: Article

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