Plutonium and other alpha-emitters in bones of wild, herbivorous animals from north-eastern Poland

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 251-257

  Mietelski, J W ^a   Gaca, P ^a   Jasinska M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Actinides; Animal bones; Chernobyl fallout; Environmental radioactivity

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; THORIUM;

DETECTION LIMITS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

PLUTONIUM; THORIUM;

BONE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY;

AMERICIUM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BONE AND BONES; DEER; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; PLUTONIUM; POLAND; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SWINE; THORIUM;

EID: 0034662412     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00140-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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