Evaluation of radioactive exposure from 137Cs in contaminated areas of Northern Ukraine

Health Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 502-517

  Handl, J ^a   Beltz, D ^a,b   Botsch, W ^a,b   Harb, S ^a   Jakob, D ^a   Michel, R ^a   Romantschuk, L D ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b TuV Hannover/Sachsen Anhalt eV   (Ukraine)

^c ZHYTOMYR NATIONAL AGROECOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

137Cs; Chernobyl; Contamination, environmental; Exposure, population

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EVALUATION; FALLOUT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; UKRAINE;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY BURDEN; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; UKRAINE; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 0037375407     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200304000-00010     Document Type: Article

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