Distribution of 137Cs and 90Sr in various tissues and organs of freshwater fish in Finnish lakes

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-112

  Saxén, Ritva ^a   Koskelainen, Ulla ^a  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

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