Radioecology of terrestrial arctic ecosystems

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 10, Issue , 2007, Pages 157-176

  Dowdall, Mark ^a   Gwynn, Justin P ^a   Shaw, George ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 44349162255     PISSN: 15694860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(06)10007-8     Document Type: Review

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