Long-term dynamics of radioactive 90Sr and 137Cs contamination of small mammals in the Chernobyl zone

Russian Journal of Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 181-189

  Maklyuk, Yu A ^a   Maksimenko, A M ^a   Gashchak, S P ^a   Bondarkov, M D ^a   Chizhevskii, I V ^a  

^a Chernobyl Center   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

137Cs; 90Sr; Chernobyl zone; Radionuclide accumulation; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMALL MAMMAL; STRONTIUM;

CHERNOBYL; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KIEV [UKRAINE]; UKRAINE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34248525065     PISSN: 10674136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S106741360703006X     Document Type: Article

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