Assessment of age-dependent uranium intake due to drinking water in Hyderabad, India

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 502-506

  Balbudhe, A Y ^a   Srivastava, S K ^a   Vishwaprasad, K ^a   Srivastava, G K ^a   Tripathi, R M ^a   Puranik, V D ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; URANIUM; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LASER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASERS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; URANIUM; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84857565860     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr193     Document Type: Article

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