Concentrations and dose rate estimates of 134,137cesium and 90strontium in small mammals at Chornobyl, Ukraine

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 305-312

  Chesser, Ronald K ^a,b   Sugg, Derrick W ^b   Lomakin, Michael D ^c   Van Den Bussche, Ronald A ^d,e   DeWoody, J Andrew ^b,d   Jagoe, Charles H ^b   Dallas, Cham E ^f   Whicker, F Ward ^g   Smith, Michael H ^a,b   Gaschak, Sergei P ^h   Chizhevsky, Igor V ^h   Lyabik, Vitalij V ^h   Buntova, Elena G ^h   Holloman, Kevin ^f   Baker, Robert J ^d  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Intl R and D Agency   (Ukraine)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^h Chornobyl Scientific and Technical Center for International Research   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Cesium; Chernobyl; Chornobyl; Dose; Strontium

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; STRONTIUM 90;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034056149     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190209     Document Type: Article

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