Lifetime accumulation of 137Cs and 40K in the ribs and sternum of an Austrian "mountain pasture" cow

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1846-1852

  Rabitsch, Herbert ^a   Pichl, Elke ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Strahlenmesstechnik Graz   (Austria)

Author keywords

137Cs; 40K; Chernobyl; Dairy cow; Ribs; Sternum

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ANIMALS; BONE; CONTAMINATION; DAIRIES; FALLOUT; FISSION PRODUCTS; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; LANDFORMS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPES;

137CS; 40K; CHERNOBYL; DAIRY COW; RIBS; STERNUM;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137; POTASSIUM 40;

BIOACCUMULATION; CATTLE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DOMESTIC SPECIES; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CATTLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTAMINATED ANIMAL; COW; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RIB; TRABECULAR BONE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE; CATTLE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POACEAE; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RIBS; STERNUM;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; STYRIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 55549106416     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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