Long-term investigations of post-Chernobyl radiocaesium in fallout and air in North Croatia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 315-323

  Franić, Zdenko ^a   Šega, Krešimir ^a   Petrinec, Branko ^a   Marović, Gordana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

134Cs; 137Cs; Chernobyl accident; Deposition flux; Deposition velocity; Ecological half life

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CURVE FITTING; DEPOSITION; ECOLOGY; FALLOUT; FLUXES; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVITY; VELOCITY;

134CS; 137CS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DEPOSITION FLUX; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; ECOLOGICAL HALF-LIFE;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION VELOCITY; FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; STOKES FORMULA;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CROATIA; FALLOUT; HALF LIFE TIME; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CROATIA; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ZAGREB;

EID: 58049190199     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0162-4     Document Type: Article

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