Radioactivity from Fukushima nuclear accident detected in Lisbon, Portugal

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 152-156

  Carvalho, F P ^a   Reis, M C ^a   Oliveira, J M ^a   Malta, M ^a   Silva, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cesium 134; Cesium 137; Iodine 131; Radiation doses; Telurium 132

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL RADIONUCLIDES; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; CESIUM 137; CESIUM-134; EFFECTIVE DOSE; IODINE-131; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PORTUGAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE DEPOSITION; TELURIUM-132;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DOSIMETRY; IODINE; IONIZING RADIATION; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; ISOTOPE; LEAD; RADIOISOTOPE; RAIN; TELLURIUM 132; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FILTER; GAS; IONIZING RADIATION; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PORTUGAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; PORTUGAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES;

LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84866616637     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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