Radiological benchmarks for effects on aquatic biota at the Oak Ridge reservation

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 789-807

  Jones, Daniel S ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

And fish; Ecological risk assessment; Radionuclides; Screening values; Sediment; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044521758     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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