Measurements of natural radioactivity concentration in drinkingwater samples of shiraz cityand springs of the fars province, iran, and dose estimation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 112-119

  Mehdizadeh, Simin ^a   Faghihi, Reza ^a   Sina, Sedigheh ^a   Derakhshan, Shahrzad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; RADON; URANIUM;

ADULT; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRON; HUMAN; IRAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; ALPHA PARTICLES; BETA PARTICLES; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; IRAN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84886237215     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nct114     Document Type: Article

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