Fluxes of radiocaesium in selected rural study sites in Russia and Ukraine

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 231, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 159-171

  Strand, P ^a   Balonov, M ^b   Travnikova, I ^b   Skuterud, L ^a   Ratnikov, A ^c   Prister, B ^f   Howard, B ^d   Hove, K ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^b Research Institute of Hygiene   (Russian Federation)

^c RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY AND AGROECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Flux; Internal dose; Natural foods; Radiocaesium

Indexed keywords

CESIUM;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FOOD PRODUCTION; POLLUTION; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MILK PRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RURAL POPULATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE;

AGRICULTURE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RURAL POPULATION; RUSSIA; TIME FACTORS; UKRAINE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE;

EID: 0033029142     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00086-8     Document Type: Article

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