Adaptation of ECOSYS-87 to Hong Kong environmental conditions

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 856-864

  Poon, C B ^a   Au, S M ^a   Prohl G ^b   Muller H ^b  

^a Sai Wan Ho Health Centre   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

accidents, nuclear; environmental impact; food chain; ingestion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HONG KONG; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030959321     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199706000-00005     Document Type: Article

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