Public exposure to radon in drinking water in SERBIA

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 543-549

  Todorovic, Natasa ^a   Nikolov, Jovana ^a   Forkapic, Sofija ^a   Bikit, Istvan ^a   Mrdja, Dusan ^a   Krmar, Miodrag ^a   Veskovic, Miroslav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Annual effective dose; Gamma spectrometry; Radon in drinking water; Radon in soil

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GAMMA-SPECTROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; NATURAL RADIATION; PUBLIC EXPOSURE; RADIUM CONCENTRATIONS; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; RADON DETECTORS; REFERENCE LEVELS; TAP WATER;

FOUNTAINS; RADIUM; RADON; SPECTROMETRY;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; RADON; TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SERBIA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; SERBIA; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84855348865     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.11.045     Document Type: Article

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