Behavior of medically-derived 131I in the tidal Potomac River

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-97

  Rose, Paula S ^a,b   Smith, Joseph P ^b   Cochran, J Kirk ^a   Aller, Robert C ^a   Swanson, R Lawrence ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

131I; Iodine; Radioactivity; Radiopharmaceuticals; Sewage effluent; Waste water

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; PARTICULATE MATERIALS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATERIALS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEDIMENT PROFILES; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; THYROID DISORDERS;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; IODINE; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

EFFLUENTS;

BERYLLIUM 7; IODINE; IODINE 131; LEAD 210; SURFACE WATER; COLLOID; HOSPITAL WASTE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION; DRUG; EFFLUENT; IODINE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTITIONING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVITY; REMINERALIZATION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SURFACE WATER; TRACER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; IODINE BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; RADIOISOTOPE DEPOSITION; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HOSPITAL WASTE; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

POTOMAC RIVER; UNITED STATES;

COLLOIDS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MEDICAL WASTE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; VIRGINIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84875073614     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.055     Document Type: Article

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