Assessment of age-dependent radiation dose due to intake of uranium and thorium in drinking water from Sikar district, Rajasthan, India

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 257-261

  Duggal, Vikas ^a   Rani, Asha ^b   Balaram, V ^c  

^a Guru Kashi University   (India)

^b FCET   (India)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; WATER POLLUTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994545359     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncw070     Document Type: Article

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