Quantification and assessment of health risk due to ingestion of uranium in groundwater of Jammu district, Jammu & Kashmir, India

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 310, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 793-804

  Ajay, K ^a   Manpreet, K ^b   Rohit, M ^b   Sumit, S ^b   Rosaline, M ^c   Singh, Kanwar P ^d   Bajwa, Bikramjit S ^e  

^a DAV College Amritsar   (India)

^b DR B R AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^d CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD   (India)

^e GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Health hazard; LED fluorimetry; Toxicity; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUOROMETRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; INDIA; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RADIOACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84978164191     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: 15882780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-016-4933-z     Document Type: Article

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