Non-linear radionuclide transfer from the aquatic environment to fish

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 488-493

  Pyle, G G ^a   Clulow, F V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Food chain; Modeling; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 228; THORIUM 230; THORIUM 232; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; FISH; LAKE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; URANIUM MINE;

ANIMALIA; CATOSTOMIDAE; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI;

EID: 0030839108     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199709000-00007     Document Type: Article

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