Issues and practices in the use of effects data from FREDERICA in the ERICA Integrated Approach

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1474-1483

  Garnier Laplace, J ^a   Copplestone, D ^b   Gilbin, R ^a   Alonzo, F ^a   Ciffroy, P ^c   Gilek, M ^d   Aguero A ^e   Bjork M ^d   Oughton, D H ^f   Jaworska, A ^g   Larsson, C M ^h   Hingston, J L ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c EDF R AND D   (France)

^d School of Life Sciences Södertörn University   (Sweden)

^e CIEMAT   (Spain)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^g NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^h Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Ecosystem; Predicted no effect dose rate; Radioactive substances; Radiological benchmark

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; ECOSYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; IONIZING RADIATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SAFETY FACTOR;

DOSE RATE; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MATHEMATICAL PROCESSING; PROBLEM FORMULATION; RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES; SAFETY FACTOR METHODS; SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GUIDELINE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; IONIZING RADIATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REPRODUCTION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCREENING; SPECIES;

EID: 48149112088     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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