An environmental radionuclide baseline study near three Canadian naval ports

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-42

  Waller, Edward J ^a   Cole, David ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination, environmental; Environmental; Environmental assessment; Naturally occurring radionuclides; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; POTASSIUM 40;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CANADA; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NAVY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0032990743     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199907000-00008     Document Type: Article

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