Distribution and potential health risk of groundwater uranium in Korea

Chemosphere

Volumn 163, Issue , 2016, Pages 108-115

  Shin, Woosik ^a,b   Oh, Jungsun ^c   Choung, Sungwook ^a   Cho, Byong Wook ^d   Lee, Kwang Sik ^a   Yun, Uk ^d   Woo, Nam Chil ^b   Kim, Hyun Koo ^e  

^a Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement ^*  (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^e National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemical toxicity; Groundwater; Health risk; Radiological risk; Uranium

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL TOXICITY; INTERNAL EXPOSURE; POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS; RADIOLOGICAL RISKS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SPECIFIC RADIOACTIVITY; URANIUM CONCENTRATION; URANIUM CONTENTS;

HYDROCHEMISTRY;

ANION; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; MICA; PYRITE; RADIUM 226; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANT; WELL WATER;

BEDROCK; BONE; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; DRINKING WATER; GENOTOXICITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; OXIC CONDITIONS; PLUTONIC ROCK; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RURAL AREA; TOXICITY; URANIUM; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RE DISSOLUTION; RURAL AREA; SOUTH KOREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

KOREA;

DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84981276311     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.08.021     Document Type: Article

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