Uranium in Kosovo's drinking water

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2165-2170

  Berisha, Fatlume ^a   Goessler, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Groundwater; ICPMS; Kosovo; Uranium

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; URANIUM;

DRINKING WATER SAMPLES; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; ICPMS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRIES (ICPMS); KOSOVO; LIMIT OF QUANTIFICATIONS; URANIUM CONCENTRATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; URANIUM;

DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMA; URANIUM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; YUGOSLAVIA;

KOSOVO; SERBIA;

DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; ICPMS; KOSOVO; URANIUM;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; KOSOVO; RADIATION DOSAGE; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84886444107     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.07.078     Document Type: Article

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