Biomaterial Database

High radium-226 concentrations in public water supplies. 1968

J L Hickey, and S D Campbell

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011153	Population	The total number of individuals inhabiting a particular region or area.	School Age Population,School-Age Population,Population, School Age,Population, School-Age,Populations,Populations, School Age,Populations, School-Age,School Age Populations,School-Age Populations
D011635	Public Health Administration	Management of public health organizations or agencies.	Administration, Public Health
D011883	Radium	A radioactive element of the alkaline earth series of metals. It has the atomic symbol Ra and atomic number 88. Radium is the product of the disintegration of URANIUM and is present in pitchblende and all ores containing uranium. It is used clinically as a source of beta and gamma-rays in radiotherapy, particularly BRACHYTHERAPY.
D004781	Environmental Exposure	The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals.	Exposure, Environmental,Environmental Exposures,Exposures, Environmental
D004782	Environmental Health	The science of controlling or modifying those conditions, influences, or forces surrounding man which relate to promoting, establishing, and maintaining health.	Environmental Health Science,Health, Environmental,Environmental Health Sciences,Environmental Healths,Health Science, Environmental,Health Sciences, Environmental,Healths, Environmental,Science, Environmental Health,Sciences, Environmental Health
D012494	Sampling Studies	Studies in which a number of subjects are selected from all subjects in a defined population. Conclusions based on sample results may be attributed only to the population sampled.	Probability Sample,Probability Samples,Sample, Probability,Samples, Probability,Sampling Study,Studies, Sampling,Study, Sampling
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D014492	United States Public Health Service	A constituent organization of the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES concerned with protecting and improving the health of the nation.	Public Health Service (U.S.),USPHS,Public Health Service,United States. Public Health Service
D014878	Water Pollution, Radioactive	Contamination of water with radioactive materials and/or substances.	Pollution, Radioactive Water,Radioactive Water Pollution
D014881	Water Supply	Means or process of supplying water (as for a community) usually including reservoirs, tunnels, and pipelines and often the watershed from which the water is ultimately drawn. (Webster, 3d ed)	Supplies, Water,Supply, Water,Water Supplies