Investigation of food contamination since the Chernobyl fallout in Austria

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 357-360

  Schwaiger, M ^a   Mueck, K ^a   Benesch, T ^a   Feichtinger, J ^a,b   Hrnecek, E ^a   Lovranich, E ^a  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

137Cs; Chernobyl fallout; Effective half lives; Food contamination

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITION; DOSIMETRY; FOOD PRODUCTS;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INGESTION DOSES;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM 137;

ATOMIC BOMB; AUSTRIA; CALCULATION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HALF LIFE TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AUSTRIA; BODY BURDEN; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; UKRAINE;

EID: 2942520993     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.03.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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