Radiostrontium activity concentrations in milk in the Republic of Croatia for 1961-2001 and dose assessment

Health Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-165

  Franic Z ^a,b   Lokobauer, N ^a   Marovic G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b Dept Sci/Technol Rep of Croatia ^*  (Croatia)

Author keywords

90Sr; Contamination, environmental; Fallout; Milk

Indexed keywords

STRONTIUM 90;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROATIA; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FALLOUT; MILK LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROATIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INFANT; MILK; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3242672399     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200408000-00004     Document Type: Article

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