Regional variation in radionuclide concentrations and radiation dose in caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in the Canadian Arctic; 1992-94

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 53-73

  Macdonald, C R ^a   Ewing, L L ^a   Elkin, B T ^b   Wiewel, A M ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Po; Canadian arctic; caribou; dose; radionuclides

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; LEAD 210; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

CAESIUM-137; CARIBOU; LEAD-210; POLONIUM-210;

ARCTIC; CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, BAFFIN ISLAND, LAKE HARBOUR;

EID: 0029668620     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)05037-X     Document Type: Article

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