Radiocesium in caribou and reindeer in northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland from 1958 to 2000

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-25

  Macdonald, Colin R ^a   Elkin, Brett T ^b   Tracy, Bliss L ^c  

^a Northern Environmental Consulting   (Canada)

^b Environment and Natural Resources   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribou; Cesium 137; Northern contaminants; Radiocesium; Rangifer tarandus; Reindeer

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CESIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; RADIOACTIVITY;

CARIBOU; NORTHERN CONTAMINANTS; RADIOCESIUM; RANGIFER TARANDUS; REINDEER;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

CESIUM; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137;

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEER; FALLOUT; POLLUTANT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CANADA; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENLAND; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REINDEER; SPRING; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CANADA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; GREENLAND; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; REINDEER; SEASONS;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; CANADA; GREENLAND; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

ERAGROSTIS TEF; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 33846572474     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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