Long-term variations of man-made radionuclide concentrations in a bio- indicator Mytilus gallopro incialis from the French Mediterranean coast

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 237-238, Issue , 1999, Pages 93-103

  Charmasson, S ^a   Barker, E ^b   Calmet, D ^b   Pruchon, A S ^a   Thebault H ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Biomonitors; Marine radioactivity; Marine shellfish; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; NUCLEAR FUEL; RADIOISOTOPE;

BIOACCUMULATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIONUCLIDE;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RUBIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032853406     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00127-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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