Modelling of long-term behaviour of caesium and strontium radionuclides in the Arctic environment and human exposure

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 159-169

  Golikov, Vladislav ^a   Logacheva, Irina ^a   Bruk, Gennadi ^a   Shutov, Vladimir ^a   Balonov, Mikhail ^a   Strand, Per ^b   Borghuis, Sander ^c   Howard, Brenda ^d   Wright, Simon ^d  

^a Institute of Radiation Hygiene   (Russian Federation)

^b NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

137Cs; 90Sr; Arctic; Deposition; Dose; Lichen; Radionuclide; Reindeer meat; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEATS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; STRONTIUM;

ARCTIC NORWAY; ARCTIC TERRESTRIAL FOOD CHAIN;

ECOLOGY;

CESIUM 137; STRONTIUM 90;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CESIUM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOOD CHAIN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIONUCLIDE; STRONTIUM;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LICHEN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MODEL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; REINDEER; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LICHENS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; REINDEER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRONTIUM;

ARCTIC;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 1842525744     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.01.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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