The availability of soil-associated radionuclides for uptake by ruminants: Implications for radiological assessment models

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-116

  Wilkins, B T ^a   Cooke, A I ^b   Green, N ^a   Rimmer, D L ^b   Weekes, T E C ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; INGESTION; NONHUMAN; SOIL;

EID: 0031038331     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031891     Document Type: Article

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