210-Polonium studies in some environmental and biological matrices of Domiasiat uranium deposit area, West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 162, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 347-353

  Marbaniang, Deswyn G ^a   Poddar, Raj K ^a   Nongkynrih, Phlis ^a   Khathing, Darlando T ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Activity; Daily; Dose; Intake; Polonium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY; ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ADULT POPULATIONS; ALPHA SPECTROMETER; ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; AVERAGE VALUES; BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRES; BIOLOGICAL MATRIXES; COMMITTED EFFECTIVE DOSE; DAILY; EFFECTIVE DOSE; IN-PLANTS; MEAN VALUES; MUMBAI , INDIA; SILICON SURFACE BARRIERS; WATER SAMPLES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; URANIUM DEPOSITS;

POLONIUM;

POLONIUM; URANIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTACEAN; CYPRINID; INGESTION RATE; MATRIX; POLONIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; INDIA; MEAT; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INDIA; POLONIUM; URANIUM;

DOMIASIAT; INDIA; KHASI HILLS; MEGHALAYA;

GARRA LAMTA; MACROBRACHIUM; PISCES;

EID: 76449091835     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0800-5     Document Type: Article

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