Radiation doses for marshall Islands atolls affected by u.s. nuclear testing: All exposure pathways, remedial measures, and environmental loss of 137Cs

Health Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Robison, William L ^a   Hamilton, Terry F ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

137Cs; Contamination, environmental; Dose assessment; Marshall Islands

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; MICRONESIA; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; POTASSIUM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73449132288     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181b9dbd3     Document Type: Article

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