Methods for calculating dose conversion coefficients for terrestrial and aquatic biota

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1440-1448

  Ulanovsky, A ^a   Prohl G ^a   Gomez Ros J M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animals and plants; Aquatic; Dose conversion coefficients; External exposure; Internal exposure; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DOSIMETERS; IONIZING RADIATION; ISOTOPES; RADIATION; RADIOISOTOPES;

AQUATIC BIOTA; DOSE CONVERSION; ELSEVIER (CO); EXTERNAL EXPOSURE; STAND ALONE VERSION; TERRESTRIAL BIOTA; WIDE-RANGE;

DOSIMETRY;

RADIOISOTOPE;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIONUCLIDE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOTA; DATA BASE; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MASS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PUBLICATION; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; RAT; RISK; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION MONITORING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 42149139117     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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