Transfer of radiocaesium via reindeer meat to man - Effects of countermeasures applied in Sweden following the Chernobyl accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-120

  Åhman, Birgitta ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033215907     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(98)00107-6     Document Type: Article

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