Concentrations of uranium in drinking water and cumulative, age-dependent radiation doses in four districts of Uttar Pradesh, India

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 192-200

  Yadav, Akhilesh Kumar ^a,c   Sahoo, Sunil Kumar ^b   Mahapatra, Swagatika ^b   Kumar, A Vinod ^b   Pandey, Govind ^c   Lenka, Pradyumna ^b   Tripathi, R M ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c MADAN MOHAN MALAVIYA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

age dependent radiation dose; laser fluorimeter; natural radioactivity; uranium

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GROUNDWATER; URANIUM;

DISTRICTS OF UTTAR PRADESH; EFFECTIVE DOSE; INGESTION DOSE; LASER FLUORIMETRY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; REGULATORY BODIES; URANIUM CONCENTRATION; WATER SAMPLES;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 84926168609     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2014.934247     Document Type: Article

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