Past radionuclide releases from routine operations at Rocky Flats

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 502-509

  Ripple, S R ^b   Widner, T E ^b   Mongan, T R ^a  

^a CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

contamination, environmental; dose assessment; exposure, population; risk analysis

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM; URANIUM;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; DRY DEPOSITION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URANIUM MINE;

EID: 0029769516     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199610000-00008     Document Type: Article

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