Determination of uranium at ultra trace level in packaged drinking water by laser fluorimeter and consequent ingestion dose

Radioprotection

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-66

  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

Ingestion dose; laser fluorimetry; packaged drinking water; uranium

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; COMMITTED EFFECTIVE DOSE; DRINKING WATER SAMPLES; INGESTION DOSE; LASER FLUORIMETRY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; ULTRA-TRACE LEVELS; URANIUM CONTENTS;

PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION PROTECTION;

URANIUM;

EID: 77953813941     PISSN: 00338451     EISSN: 1769700X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/radiopro/2009030     Document Type: Article

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