Ra-226 in bone of mink (Mustela vison) and otter (Lutra canadensis) taken near U workings at Elliot Lake, Canada, and from reference areas, with calculation of transfer parameters

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 878-884

  Dewit, T J ^a   Clulow, V ^a   Dave N K ^b   Mirka, M A ^a   Parker, G H ^a   Peterson Schaffner, N ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIUM 226;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MINING; MINK; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CANADA; MINK; OTTERS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; LUTRA; LUTRA CANADENSIS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036273835     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0036-3     Document Type: Article

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