Some comments on the presence of Chernobyl derived 137Cs and 99Tc in the stratosphere

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 653-656

  Garcia Leon M ^a,b   Manjon G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; RAIN; TECHNETIUM;

STRATOSPHERE;

FALLOUT;

CESIUM 137; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FALLOUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 0343924636     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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