Health effects of naturally radioactive water ingestion: The need for enhanced studies

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1676-1680

  Canu, Irina Guseva ^a   Laurent, Olivier ^a   Pires, Nathalie ^b   Laurier, Dominique ^a   Dublineau, Isabelle ^a  

^a Service de Radiobiologie et Epidémiologie   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Epidemiology; Ingestion; Natural radioactivity; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RADIUM; RADON; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BONE CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STOMACH CANCER; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 82755192198     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1003224     Document Type: Article

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