Long term monitoring of 137Cs in foodstuffs in the Czech Republic

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 974-977

  Kamenik J ^a   Skrkal J ^a   Rulik P ^a  

^a NATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

137Cs; Foodstuff; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

137CS; CZECH REPUBLICS; DETECTION LIMITS; DETECTOR EFFICIENCIES; FOODSTUFF; LONG-TERM MONITORING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHODS; MEAN VALUES; SAMPLE PREPARATIONS; STATISTICAL EVALUATIONS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BEEF; CARROT; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; MILK; PORK; POTATO; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MONITORING; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CZECH REPUBLIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MEAT; MILK; RADIATION MONITORING; SWINE;

EID: 63249111077     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.01.068     Document Type: Article

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