The dynamics of the transfer of caesium-137 to animal fodder in areas of Russia affected by the Chernobyl accident and doses resulting from the consumption of milk and milk products

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 289-298

  Fesenko, S V ^a   Colgan, P A ^b   Sanzharova, N I ^a   Lissianski, K B ^a   Vazquez, C ^b   Guardans, R ^b  

^a RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY AND AGROECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CATTLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLAY; CROP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRASS; HALF LIFE TIME; MAIZE; MILK; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; TIME; UKRAINE;

EID: 0030938453     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031916     Document Type: Article

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