Radiometric determination of anthropogenic radionuclides in seawater

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue , 2008, Pages 137-162

  Aoyama, M ^a   Hirose, K ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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EID: 41549107213     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(07)11004-4     Document Type: Review

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