Advisory Report on the Health Effects of Radium 226 in Drinking Water.

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ERIC Number: ED168857

Record Type: RIE

Publication Date: 1978-Jun

Pages: 81

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Advisory Report on the Health Effects of Radium 226 in Drinking Water.

Illinois Inst. for Environmental Quality, Chicago.

Examined are the health effects of law concentrations of the radioactive isotope Radium-226 in drinking water. Contents include discussions of the physical properties of radium, biological and metabolic effects, health effects of exposure to Radium-226, and populations at risk. Appendices provide more technical information including equations, charts, graphs, and a glossary of terms. Sixty-three references are given. (MA)

Descriptors: Bulletins, Environmental Education, Health, Natural Resources, Public Health, Radiation Effects, Radioisotopes, Research Reports, Safety, Science Education, Water Pollution, Water Resources

Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Authoring Institution: Illinois Inst. for Environmental Quality, Chicago.

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