Chernobyl radioactivity persists in reindeer

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-252

  Skuterud, Lavrans ^a   Gaare, Eldar ^b   Eikelmann, Inger Margrethe ^a   Hove, Knut ^c   Steinnes, Eiliv ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Chernobyl; Effective half life; Food chain; Lichen; Plant; Reindeer

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SOILS;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FOOD CHAIN; LONG-TERM TRANSFER; REINDEER;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM 137;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; RADIOACTIVITY; REINDEER; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CLIMATE; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; NORWAY; REINDEER; SEASONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TIME FACTORS; UKRAINE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; VAGA;

EID: 20444374070     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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