An example of rehabilitation strategies for radioactive contaminated areas in Belarus

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-33

  Firsakova, S K ^a   Zhuchenko, Yu M ^a   Voigt, G ^b  

^a Ministry for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus   (Belarus)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Dose; Radiocaesium; Radiostrontium; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90;

RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD INTAKE; MILK; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

BELARUS;

EID: 0033990782     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(99)00050-8     Document Type: Article

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