A system for protecting the environment from ionising radiation: Selecting reference fauna and flora, and the possible dose models and environmental geometries that could be applied to them

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 277, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 33-43

  Pentreath, R J ^a   Woodhead, D S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dose models; Environmental protection; Ionising radiation

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; RADIATION;

IONISING RADIATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FAUNA; FLORA; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENT; FAUNA; FLORA; GEOMETRY; INFORMATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0035965043     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(01)00888-9     Document Type: Article

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