Twenty-five-year study of radionuclides in the Susquehanna River via periphyton biomonitors

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Patrick, Ruth ^a   Palms, John ^b   Kreeger, Danielle ^a,c   Harris, Charles ^b  

^a ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Partnership for the Delaware Estuary   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Chernobyl; Contamination; Effluents; Environmental

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CABBAGE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRAYFISH; DATA ANALYSIS; DEER; FAUNA; FISH; FLORA; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMUS; INSECT; LICHEN; MUSHROOM; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PERIPHYTON; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SNAIL; TOMATO;

ALGAE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CERVIDAE; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 33845706691     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000228934.94734.3f     Document Type: Article

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