What’s NORMal for fracking?: Estimating total radioactivity of produced fluids

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Konkel, Lindsey ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LEAD 210; POLONIUM; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; WASTE WATER; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRACKING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ELEMENTS, RADIOACTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDRAULIC FRACKING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RADIOISOTOPES; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84936110852     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.123-A186     Document Type: Article

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