Inter-comparison of models to estimate radionuclide activity concentrations in non-human biota

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 491-514

  Beresford, N A ^a   Barnett, C L ^a   Brown, J E ^b   Cheng, J J ^c   Copplestone, D ^d   Filistovic, V ^e   Hosseini, A ^b   Howard, B J ^a   Jones, S R ^f   Kamboj, S ^c   Kryshev, A ^g   Nedveckaite, T ^e   Olyslaegers, G ^h   Saxen R ⁱ   Sazykina, T ^g   Vives I Batlle, J ^f   Vives Lynch, S ^f   Yankovich, T ^j,k   Yu, C ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^f WESTLAKES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION TYPHOON   (Russian Federation)

^h BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

ⁱ STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^j ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^k EcoMetrix Incorporated   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; DATA AVAILABILITIES; DATA PROVENANCES; ENVIRONMENTAL; FRESHWATER ORGANISMS; HUMAN SPECIES; IONISING RADIATIONS; KEY COMPONENTS; KEY MODELS; MODEL PREDICTIONS; MODELLING; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; PARAMETERISATION; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION SAFETIES; RADIO-NUCLIDES; RADIONUCLIDE ACTIVITIES; RANGING; REGULATORY;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; FORECASTING; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIOISOTOPES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; FRESHWATER SPECIES; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SAFETY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 54049122146     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-008-0186-8     Document Type: Article

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