Comparative radiation impact on biota and man in the area affected by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-25

  Fesenko, S V ^a,b   Alexakhin, R M ^a   Geras'kin, S A ^a   Sanzharova, N I ^a   Spirin, Ye V ^a   Spiridonov, S I ^a   Gontarenko, I A ^a   Strand, P ^c  

^a RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY AND AGROECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chernobyl accident; Man; Non human species; Radiation impact; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

NON-HUMAN SPECIES; RADIATION IMPACT FACTOR (RIF); RADIATION STANDARDS; RADIOBIOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RADIATION; STANDARDS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZING RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SAFETY; STANDARDIZATION;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CEREALS; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; MICE; PINUS; POACEAE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UKRAINE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 11844295339     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.08.011     Document Type: Article

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