Principles and issues in radiological ecological risk assessment

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 19-39

  Jones, Daniel ^a   Domotor, Stephen ^b   Higley, Kathryn ^c   Kocher, David ^d   Bilyard, Gordon ^e  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^c Oregon State University   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biota; Dose assessment; Ecological risk assessment; ERA; Graded approach; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ECOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AQUATIC BIOTA; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT (ERA); TERRESTRIAL BIOTA;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

RADIOISOTOPE;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIONUCLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALPHA RADIATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; ECOLOGY; ELECTRON; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHICS; EVALUATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LAND BIOME; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RADIATION; PHOTON; PLANT; PUBLICATION; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037267663     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(02)00114-5     Document Type: Review

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