Seasonal variation in radiocaesium concentration in willow ptarmigan and rock ptarmigan in central Norway after the Chernobyl fallout

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-81

  Pedersen, Hans Chr ^a   Nybø, Signe ^b   Varskog, Per ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

CESIUM; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GAMEBIRD; RADIONUCLIDE; SEASONALITY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NORWAY;

EID: 0032192731     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(97)00095-7     Document Type: Article

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