Concentration of Strontium-90 at Selected Hot Spots in Japan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Steinhauser, Georg ^a,b   Schauer, Viktoria ^b   Shozugawa, Katsumi ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; STRONTIUM 90;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; JAPAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 84874739857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057760     Document Type: Article

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