The ecological relevance of current approaches for environmental protection from exposure to ionising radiation

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 31-41

  Copplestone, David ^a   Howard, Brenda J ^b   Bréchignac, François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Biota; Environmental protection; Ionising radiation

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION;

NONRADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOTA; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; IONIC COMPOSITION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; WILDLIFE;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ECOLOGY; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 1842478434     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.01.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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