Radiological investigations in the surroundings of Bilibino, Chukotka, Russia

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 299-319

  Bossew, Peter ^a,b   Ichikawa, Marina ^a   Mraz, Gabriele ^a,c   Wallner, Gabriele ^c   Wenisch, Antonia ^a  

^a Institute for Applied Ecology   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arctic food chain; Bilibino; Chukotka; Fallout; Radionuclides; Siberia

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; CHROMIUM 51; COBALT 60; MANGANESE 54; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; STRONTIUM 90;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FALLOUT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAMMA RADIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0034082003     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00085-0     Document Type: Article

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