Options for the management of Chernobyl-restricted areas in England and Wales

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 239-254

  Nisbet, Anne ^a   Woodman, Rona ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Countermeasures; Practicability: England and Wales; Radiocaesium; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034107465     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00080-1     Document Type: Article

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