Testing of a foodchain model using Chernobyl 137Cs fallout data and considering the effect of countermeasures

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 301, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 225-237

  Ould Dada, Zitouni ^a  

^a FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

137Cs; BIOMASS; Chernobyl; Countermeasures; Dose assessment; Foodchain; SPADE; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; FRUITS; RELIABILITY;

INJESTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CESIUM;

RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BERRY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SWINE;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UKRAINE;

EID: 0037213139     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00285-1     Document Type: Article

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