Factors contributing to radiocaesium variability in upland sheep flocks in west Cumbria (United Kingdom)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 50-68

  Beresford, N A ^a   Barnett, C L ^a   Wright, S M ^a   Howard, B J ^a   Crout, N M J ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

137Cs; Chernobyl accident; Grazing behaviour; Sheep; Upland pastures

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FOOD PRODUCTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS; VEGETATION;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GRAZING BEHAVIOUR; RADIOCAESIUM VARIABILITY; UPLAND PASTURES; UPLAND SHEEP FLOCKS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM;

CESIUM; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SHEEP; SPATIAL VARIATION; UPLAND REGION;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GRAZING; MEAT; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVITY; SHEEP; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; POACEAE; SEAWATER; SHEEP; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 35348980245     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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