Determination of radioactive elements and heavy metals in sediments and soil from domestic water sources in northern peninsular Malaysia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 5043-5049

  Muhammad, Bashir G ^a   Jaafar, Mohammad Suhaimi ^a   Rahman, Azhar Abdul ^a   Ingawa, Farouk Abdulrasheed ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Activity; Concentration; Health hazards; Sediments; Soil

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TOOL; DOMESTIC WATER SOURCES; DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY; ENERGY RESEARCH; EXTERNAL EXPOSURE; EXTERNAL HAZARD INDEX; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; HEALTH CONCERNS; HIGH ACTIVITY; MALAYSIA; METALS CONCENTRATIONS; NIGERIA; RADIUM EQUIVALENT ACTIVITY; SOIL SAMPLE; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; WATERBODIES;

CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EUROPIUM; HAFNIUM; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAVY METALS; LEACHING; RADIUM; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUBIDIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SODIUM; SOILS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRACE ELEMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; YTTERBIUM;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BROMINE; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; EUROPIUM; HAFNIUM; IRON; LANTHANUM; LUTETIUM; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT; RUBIDIUM; SAMARIUM; SCANDIUM; SODIUM; TANTALUM; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER; YTTERBIUM; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; HEAVY METAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOSE RESPONSE; EXPOSURE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HEALTH HAZARD; LEACHING; MALAYSIA; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NIGERIA RESEARCH REACTOR 1; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ELEMENTS, RADIOACTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MALAYSIA; METALS, HEAVY; RADIATION DOSAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84864843937     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2320-3     Document Type: Article

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