Effects of chronic radiation exposure on small mammals in the Chernobyl exclusion zone

Nuclear Energy

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 281-287

  Jackson, D ^a   Copplestone, D ^b,c   Stone, D M ^a  

^a Enviros Consulting Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Nuclear accidents; Radiological discharges

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS;

COLONIZATION; CONTAMINATED SITES; NUCLEAR RADIATION; RADIOLOGICAL DISCHARGES;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

EID: 6344263587     PISSN: 01404067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/nuen.43.5.281.53137     Document Type: Article

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