Environmental radioactivity: Experience from the 20th century - Trends and issues for the 21st century

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 249, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 313-329

  MacKenzie, A B ^a  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic radionuclides; Environmental radioactivity; Natural radionuclides; Review

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; RADON; THORIUM; THORIUM 232; TRACER; URANIUM; URANIUM 238;

POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; TRACER; TREND ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC BOMB; COSMIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR WASTE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0034678855     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00525-2     Document Type: Article

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