Ecological lessons from the Chernobyl accident

Environment International

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 771-777

  Bell, J N B ^a   Shaw, G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Illite; Peat; Radioactive contamination; Radiocaesium; Sheep; Transfer factors; Upland UK ecosystems; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; AGRICULTURE; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVITY; SOILS; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLAY PARTICLES; FOOD CHAIN;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

CESIUM; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; BELARUS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GRASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVIEW; SOIL; UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION;

ACCIDENTS; ACIDITY; AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; PLANTS; POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 22544442770     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2005.05.026     Document Type: Article

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