Radium-226 concentration in spring water sampled in high radon regions

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 825-827

  Onishchenko, Aleksandra ^a   Zhukovsky, Michael ^a   Veselinovic, Nenad ^b   Zunic, Zora S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Doses; Radium; Radon; Spring; Travertine

Indexed keywords

CAUCASUS; DOSES; INDOOR RADON; INITIAL STAGES; KYRGYZSTAN; RADIUM-226; RADON SURVEY; SLOVAKIA; SPRING WATER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; LIMESTONE; RADIUM;

RADON;

RADIUM 226; RADON; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; KYRGYZSTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SERBIA; SLOVAKIA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EUROPE; FRESH WATER; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 77949270244     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.09.050     Document Type: Article

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