A short review on radioactivity in drinking water as assessed by radiometric and Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry techniques

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 95-100

  Caroli, S ^a   Forte, M ^b   Nuccetelli, C ^a   Rusconi, R ^b   Risica, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ARPA Lombardia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Radiometric techniques; Radionuclides in water; Sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872172898     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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