238U, 234U and 226Ra concentrations in mineral waters and their contribution to the annual committed effective dose in Turkey

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 159-166

  Erden, Pinar Esra ^a   Dirican, Abdullah ^a   Seferinoǧlu, Meryem ^a   Yeltepe, Emin ^a   Şahin, Namik Kemal ^a  

^a TURKISH ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alpha spectrometry; Dose assessment; Mineral water; Radium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; MINERAL WATER; RADIUM 226; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 238;

ALPHA RADIATION; ALPHA RADIATION SPECTROMETRY; ARTICLE; COMMITTED EFFECTIVE DOSE; FLUID INTAKE; PRECIPITATION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOCHEMISTRY; REFERENCE VALUE; SPECTROMETRY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84902553628     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: 15882780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-014-3105-2     Document Type: Article

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