Summary of the BIOMOVS A4 scenario: Testing models of the air-pasture- cow milk pathway using Chernobyl fallout data

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-159

  Peterson, S R ^a   Hoffman, F O ^b   Kohler H ^c  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^b SENES Oak Ridge Incorporated   (United States)

^c Wissen und Technik GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

131I; 137Cs; Chernobyl; food chain

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; IODINE 131;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; BIOSPHERE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRASS; MILK; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0029952537     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199608000-00005     Document Type: Article

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