Analysis of uranium concentration in drinking water samples using ICPMS

Health Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 251-255

  Rani, Asha ^a   Mehra, Rohit ^b   Duggal, Vikas ^c   Balaram, V ^d  

^a Ferozpur College of Engineering and Technology   (India)

^b DR B R AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c I K GUJRAL PUNJAB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

cancer; groundwater; ingestion; leukemia

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK;

DRINKING WATER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK; URANIUM;

EID: 84873375074     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e318279ba05     Document Type: Article

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