The transfer of 137Cs and 90Sr to dairy cattle fed fresh herbage collected 3.5 km from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-170

  Beresford, N A ^a   Gashchak, S ^b   Lasarev, N ^c   Arkhipov, A ^b   Chyorny, Y ^c   Astasheva, N ^c   Arkhipov, N ^b   Mayes, R W ^d   Howard, B J ^a   Baglay, G ^c   Loginova, L ^b   Burov, N ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Chernobyl Sci Tech Ctr Intl Res   (Ukraine)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Cattle; Chernobyl exclusion zone; Milk; Radiocaesium; Radiostrontium

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; STRONTIUM 90;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CATTLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0033992678     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(99)00037-5     Document Type: Article

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