Natural radioactivity in various surface waters in Adana, Turkey

Desalination

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 126-130

  Degerlier, Meltem ^a   Karahan, Gursel ^b  

^a NEVSEHIR HACI BEKTAS VELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Effective dose equivalent; Radioactivity; Surface water; Activity; Activity

Indexed keywords

POTABLE WATER; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOMETRY; WATER;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; BETA-EMITTING RADIONUCLIDES; DOSE CONVERSION FACTOR; DRINKING WATER SAMPLES; EFFECTIVE DOSE EQUIVALENTS; MULTIPLE DETECTORS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY;

SURFACE WATERS;

DRINKING WATER; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ADANA [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 78049416971     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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