Quantification of radionuclide transfer in terrestrial and freshwater environments

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 671-674

  Calmon, Ph ^a   Fesenko, S ^b   Voigt, G ^b   Linsley, G ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90;

EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSFER; RICE; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 70349289098     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.06.021     Document Type: Editorial

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