Comparative statistical analysis of carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic effects of uranium in groundwater samples from different regions of Punjab, India

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 118, Issue , 2016, Pages 196-202

  Saini, Komal ^a   Singh, Parminder ^a   Bajwa, Bikramjit Singh ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic; Groundwater; LED fluorimeter; Uranium

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AVERAGE VALUES; CARCINOGENIC; CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS; CARCINOGENIC RISK; PUNJAB , INDIA; URANIUM CONCENTRATION; URANIUM CONTENTS; WATER SAMPLES;

URANIUM;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL TOXICITY RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTANCE; FLUOROMETER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; LED FLUORIMETER; MICROANALYSIS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNJAB (INDIA); RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXIC CONCENTRATION; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; WATER ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; WATER POLLUTION;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84988019173     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2016.09.014     Document Type: Article

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