Ecological half-lives of 137Cs in fishes from the Savannah river site

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 392-402

  Paller, M H ^a   Littrell, J W ^a   Peters, Eric L ^b  

^a WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

^b CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

137Cs; Environmental transport; Food chain; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; RIVER WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HALF LIFE TIME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RESERVOIR; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0032885859     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199910000-00006     Document Type: Article

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