A study on uranium and radon levels in drinking water sources of a mineralized zone of Himachal Pradesh, India

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 541-549

  Singh, Parminder ^a   Singh, Prabhjot ^a   Sahoo, B K ^b   Bajwa, B S ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Laser fluorimetry; Radon; Scintillation; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RADON 222; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLUOROMETRY; HUMIDITY; INDIA; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SCINTILLATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84948438198     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: 15882780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-015-4629-9     Document Type: Article

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