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

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• 作者：K. Ajay ; K. Manpreet ; M. Rohit ; S. Sumit…
• 关键词：Uranium ; Groundwater ; LED fluorimetry ; Health hazard ; Toxicity
• 刊名：Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：310
• 期：2
• 页码：793-804
• 全文大小：1,012 KB
• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Chemistry
  Nuclear Chemistry
  Physical Chemistry
  Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions and Hadrons
  Diagnostic Radiology
  Inorganic Chemistry
  
• 出版者：Akad茅miai Kiad贸, co-published with Springer Science+Business Media B.V., Formerly Kluwer Academic
• ISSN：1588-2780
• 卷排序：310

文摘

The uranium content in groundwater being used for drinking purposes in Jammu district, Jammu & Kashmir, India has been measured by using LED fluorimetric technique to determine associated carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risk for inhabitants of this area. Uranium concentration and age dependent ingestion dose varied from 0.18 to 20.81 µg l−1 and 0.16 to 42.46 µSv year−1, being well within the recommended limits suggested by different health agencies of the world. The physico-chemical properties (TDS, EC and pH) have also been measured and correlated with obtained uranium concentration. Hence, the groundwater can be considered to be safe for consumption by public.