Risks from radionuclide migration to groundwater in the Chernobyl 30-km zone

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-18

  Bugai, D A ^a   Waters, R D ^b   Dzhepo, S P ^a   Skal'skij, A S ^b  

^a Department of stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Cenozoic deposits   (Ukraine)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; ground water; health effects; radiation risk

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; GROUND WATER; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; HEALTH HAZARD; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0029883012     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199607000-00002     Document Type: Article

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