Changes in radioxenon observations in Canada and Europe during medical isotope production facility shut down in 2008

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 282, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 767-772

  Hoffman, Ian ^a   Ungar, Kurt ^a   Bean, Marc ^a   Yi, Jing ^a   Servranckx, René ^b   Zaganescu, Calin ^b   Ek, Nils ^b   Blanchard, Xavier ^c   Le Petit, Gilbert ^c   Brachet, Guy ^c   Achim, Pascal ^c   Taffary, Thomas ^c  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

CTBTO; Environmental monitoring; INGE; Low level radioxenon measurement; Noble gas; Radiopharmaceutical isotope facility; Treaty verification; Xenon radioisotope

Indexed keywords

INERT GAS; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENON 133; XENON 135;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BELGIUM; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMAN; METEOROLOGY; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY;

EID: 72449208001     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-009-0235-z     Document Type: Article

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