Method for simultaneous 90SR and 137CS in-vivo measurements of small animals and other environmental media developed for the conditions of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Health Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 383-392

  Bondarkov, Mikhail D ^a   Maksimenko, Andrey M ^a   Gaschak, Sergey P ^a   Zheltonozhsky, Viktor A ^b   Jannik, G Timothy ^c   Farfán, Eduardo B ^c  

^a Chernobyl Center   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Ukraine)

^c SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

137Cs; 90Sr; Chernobyl; whole body counting

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

CESIUM; STRONTIUM;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; EVALUATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPTILE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL POLLUTANT; UKRAINE;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; MAMMALS; PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; REPTILES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; UKRAINE;

EID: 80052461605     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e318224bb2b     Document Type: Article

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