Changes of radionuclides in the environment in Chiba, Japan, after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident

Health Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-442

  Nagaoka, Kazunori ^a   Sato, Shoji ^a   Araki, Shigeru ^a   Ohta, Yuji ^a   Ikeuchi, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a Japan Chemical Analysis Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

accidents; dose external; gamma radiation; nuclear; radiation dose

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION MONITORING;

ENVIRONMENT; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 84858225066     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e31823bc2d3     Document Type: Article

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