Anthropogenic and natural radionuclides in caribou and muskoxen in the western alaskan arctic and marine fish in the aleutian islands in the first half of 2000s

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3638-3648

  Hong, Gi Hoon ^a   Baskaran, Mark ^b   Molaroni, Shannon Marie ^b   Lee, Hyun Mi ^a   Burger, Joanna ^c  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Caribou; Fish; Muskoxen; Natural and anthropogenic radionuclides

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ANTHROPOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES; CARIBOU; MUSKOXEN;

BONE; CESIUM; LEAD; MAMMALS; MUSCLE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY;

FISH;

CESIUM 137; LEAD 210; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; STRONTIUM 90;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; FISH; LEAD; POTASSIUM; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MUSCLE LEVEL; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REINDEER; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; FISHES; MEAT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; REINDEER; RUMINANTS;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 80051794266     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.06.044     Document Type: Article

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