Long-term investigations of radiocaesium activity concentrations in carp in North Croatia after the Chernobyl accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 75-85

  Franić, Zdenko ^a   Marović, Gordana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

134Cs; 137Cs; Carp; Chernobyl accident; Concentration factor; Dose; Fish consumption

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; DOSIMETRY; ECOLOGY; FISH; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOISOTOPES;

CONCENTRATION FACTOR; FISH CONSUMPTION; RADIOCAESIUM ACTIVITY; RADIOCAESIUM LEVELS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM; POTASSIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CARP; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROATIA; FRESHWATER FISH; HALF LIFE TIME; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVITY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CARPS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; SEAFOOD; UKRAINE;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CYPRINIDAE;

EID: 34047176526     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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