Challenges in radioecology

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1086-1091

  Salbu, Brit ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Knowledge gaps; Multiple stressors; Radioecology; Research priorities

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONTAMINANT MIXTURES; EXPOSURE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; LONG TERM; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; NUCLEAR CYCLES; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; ORGANICS; RADIOECOLOGY; RESEARCH PRIORITIES; SCIENTIFIC FIELDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IONIZING RADIATION; LEAD; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RADIOISOTOPE;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR WEAPON; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 70349779417     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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