Uraniumestimation in drinkingwater samples from some areas of punjab and Himachal Pradesh, India using ICP-ms

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 146-151

  Rani, Asha ^a   Singh, Surinder ^b   Duggal, Vikas ^c   Balaram, V ^d  

^a Ferozpur College of Engineering and Technology   (India)

^b GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c I K GUJRAL PUNJAB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

DRINKING WATER; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84886307292     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nct112     Document Type: Article

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