Radiocaesium variability within sheep flocks: Relationships between the 137Cs activity concentrations of individual ewes within a flock and between ewes and their progeny

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 85-96

  Beresford, N A ^a   Barnett, C L ^a   Crout, N M J ^b   Morris, C C ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Cumbria; Radiocaesium; Sheep; Within flock variability

Indexed keywords

CAESIUM-137; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; MOTHER-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SHEEP;

UK, ENGLAND, CUMBRIA;

CESIUM 137;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MUSCLES; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SEASONS; SHEEP; UKRAINE;

EID: 0029669240     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04863-4     Document Type: Article

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