Screening level dose assessment of aquatic biota downstream of the Marcoule nuclear complex in southern France

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-321

  St Pierre, Sylvain ^a,b   Chambers, Douglas B ^a   Lowe, Leo M ^a   Bontoux, Jean G ^c  

^a SENES Consultants Limited   (Canada)

^b and Safety Department   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic organisms; Dose assessment; Health effects; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FISH; FRANCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032839434     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199909000-00011     Document Type: Article

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