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Naturally occurring radium-226 and radium-228 in water supplies of Michigan. 1998

K S Sidhu, and M S Breithart
Environmental Epidemiology Division, Michigan Department of Community Health, 3423 North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Lansing, MI 48909, USA.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008824 Michigan State bounded on the north by the Great Lakes, on the east by Canada, on the south by Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio, and on the west by Lake Michigan and Wisconsin.
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.
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

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