Concentrations and characteristics of uranium isotopes in drinking waters collected in Italy and the Balkan regions and their radiological impact on the public

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue C, 2006, Pages 223-234

  Jia, Guogang ^a   Torri, Giancarlo ^a   Sansone, Umberto ^a   Innocenzi, Piera ^a   Rosamilia, Silvia ^a   Di Lullo, Antonio ^a   Gaudino, Stefania ^a  

^a Agency for Environmental Protection   (Italy)

Author keywords

spectrometry; 234U; 235U; 238U; Natural radionuclides; Radiation dose; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956705124     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(05)08016-2     Document Type: Review

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