Radiation exposure and dose to small mammals in radon-rich soils

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-120

  Macdonald, C R ^a   Laverock, M J ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; HIBERNATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MARMOTA; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0031749877     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900357     Document Type: Article

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