Reevaluation of waterborne releases of radioactive materials from the mayak production association into the techa river in 1949-1951

Health Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-38

  Degteva, M O ^a   Shagina, N B ^a   Vorobiova, M I ^a   Anspaugh, L R ^b   Napier, B A ^c  

^a URALS RESEARCH CENTER FOR RADIATION MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

90Sr; contamination; dosimetry; Environmental; waste disposal

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR REACTOR; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOMETRY; RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WATER POLLUTION;

COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RIVERS; RUSSIA; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 82955207100     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e318228159a     Document Type: Article

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