Measurement of resuspended aerosol in the Chernobyl area: Part II. Size distribution of radioactive particles

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 275-283

  Garger, E K ^a   Kashpur, V ^a   Paretzke, H G ^b   Tschiersch, J ^b  

^a Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences Kiev   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURE; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CERIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INHALATION; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RUTHENIUM RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; UKRAINE;

EID: 0031970088     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050082     Document Type: Article

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