Age-dependent dose and health risk due to intake of uranium in drinking water from Jaduguda, India

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 210-216

  Patra, A C ^a   Mohapatra, S ^a   Sahoo, S K ^a   Lenka, P ^a   Dubey, J S ^a   Tripathi, R M ^a   Puranik, V D ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS; BODY BURDEN; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879847183     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncs328     Document Type: Article

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