Transfer of 137Cs from Chernobyl debris and nuclear weapons fallout to different Swedish population groups

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 324-340

  Raaf C L ^a   Hubbard, L ^b   Falk, R ^b   Agren G ^c   Vesanen, R ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggregate transfer; Effective dose; In vivo body burden; Radiocaesium

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEBRIS; ECOLOGY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; VEGETATION;

AGGREGATE TRANSFER; EFFECTIVE DOSE; IN VIVO BODY BURDEN; RADIOCAESIUM;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION;

CESIUM; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40; POTASSIUM;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; FALLOUT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTAMINATION; DIET RESTRICTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD INTAKE; FOREST; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION PROTECTION; SWEDEN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; ATOMIC WARFARE; BODY BURDEN; HEALTH SURVEY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CHERNOBYL; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KIEV [UKRAINE]; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UKRAINE;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

BODY BURDEN; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR WARFARE; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745980547     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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