Opportunities for the testing of environmental transport models using data obtained following the Chernobyl accident

Health Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-7

  Hoffman, F Owen ^a   Thiessen, Kathleen M ^a   Watkins, Barbara ^b  

^a SENES Oak Ridge Incorporated   (United States)

^b Chiltern House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

137Cs; Chernobyl; contamination, environmental; environmental transport

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0030031362     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199601000-00001     Document Type: Article

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