Plutonium, 137Cs and 90Sr in selected invertebrates from some areas around Chernobyl nuclear power plant

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 488-493

  Mietelski, Jerzy W ^a   Maksimova, Svetlana ^b   Szwałko, Przemysław ^c   Wnuk, Katarzyna ^d   Zagrodzki, Paweł ^a,e   Błazej, Sylwia ^a   Gaca, Paweł ^a   Tomankiewicz, Ewa ^a   Orlov, Olexandr ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Belarus)

^c INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^d HOLYCROSS CANCER CENTER   (Poland)

^e JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f Poleskiy Branch of Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Forestry and Agro Forest Amelioration   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

137Cs; 90Sr; Chernobyl; Invertebrates; Plutonium; Radioactive contamination of biota

Indexed keywords

137CS; ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ACTIVITY RATIOS; ANIMAL BODY; BELARUS; CHERNOBYL; CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE; CONTAMINATED AREAS; CORRELATION STRUCTURE; DUNG BEETLES; FORMICA; LIFE SPAN; MULTIVARIATE DATA; PARTIAL LEAST-SQUARES METHOD; PLS MODELS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOCESIUM; TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATE; UKRAINE;

ANIMALS; CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPES; MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE RESINS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVITY;

STRONTIUM;

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM; STRONTIUM 90; CESIUM; STRONTIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; INVERTEBRATE; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BELARUS; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UKRAINE; ANIMAL; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING;

BELARUS; UKRAINE;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPLOPODA; FORMICA; FORMICIDAE; GEOTRUPIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; INVERTEBRATES; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 77952106807     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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