Resuspension studies in the Marshall Islands

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 248-257

  Shinn, Joseph H ^b   Homan, Donald N ^b   Robison, William L ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Inhalation; Marshall Islands; Plutonium; Soil

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; MARSHALL ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0030914570     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199707000-00021     Document Type: Article

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