Mule deer antlers as biomonitors of strontium-90 on the Hanford Site

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-44

  Tiller, Brett L ^a   Poston, Ted M ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRONTIUM 90;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DEER; FALLOUT; FEMALE; HORN; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033992550     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(99)00014-4     Document Type: Article

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