Assessment of current exposure of the population living in the Techa River basin from radioactive releases of the Mayak facility

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-147

  Balonov, Mikhail I ^a   Bruk, Gennady Y ^a   Golikov, Vladislav Y ^a   Barkovsky, Anatoly N ^a   Kravtsova, Eleonora M ^b   Kravtosova, Olga S ^a   Mubasarov, Akhat A ^b   Shutov, Vladimir N ^a   Travnikova, Irena G ^a   Howard, Brenda J ^c   Brown, Justin Emrys ^d   Strand, Per ^d  

^a Institute of Radiation Hygiene   (Russian Federation)

^b Chelyabinsk Regional Center for Sanitary Inspection (CRCSI)   (Russian Federation)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

137Cs; 90Sr; Dose, external; Dose, internal

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; STRONTIUM 90;

ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RIVER BASIN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

BODY BURDEN; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; RURAL POPULATION; RUSSIA; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 33846238964     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000237599.92479.09     Document Type: Article

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