Conceptual site models as a tool in evaluating ecological health: The case of the Department of Energy's Amchitka Island nuclear test site

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 69, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1217-1238

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Mayer, Henry ^b,c   Greenberg, Michael ^b,c   Powers, Charles ^b,d   Volz, Conrad ^e   Gochfeld, Michael ^b,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODEL; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR WASTE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 33745162215     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500360232     Document Type: Article

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