Atmospheric, water, and soil contamination after chernobyl

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1181, Issue , 2009, Pages 223-236

  Yablokov, Alexey V ^a   Nesterenko, Vassily B ^a   Nesterenko, Alexey V ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODPLAIN; NONHUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOLYSIS; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ANIMALS; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 72049122909     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04831.x     Document Type: Review

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