Uranium in drinking water from the south coast districts of Kerala, India

Iranian Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-36

  Ben Byju, S ^a   Sunil, A ^a   Reeba, M J ^a   Christa, E P ^a   Vaidyan, V K ^a   Prasad, R ^b   Jojo, P J ^a,c  

^a FATIMA MATA NATIONAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Fission track registration technique; High background radiation area; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; URANIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FISSION TRACK REGITRATION TECHNIQUE; FLUID INTAKE; INDIA; RADIATION DOSE; REFERENCE VALUE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84864104600     PISSN: 23223243     EISSN: 17284562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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