An international database of radionuclide concentration ratios for wildlife: Development and uses

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 288-298

  Copplestone, D ^a   Beresford, N A ^b   Brown, J E ^c   Yankovich, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^d SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental protection; Equilibrium concentration ratios; Radionuclide transfer; Wildlife dose assessment models

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION RATIO; DOSE ASSESSMENTS; EQUILIBRIUM CONCENTRATION; INTERNATIONAL DATABASE; KEY ELEMENTS; RADIONUCLIDE CONCENTRATION; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSFER; TRANSFER PARAMETERS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES;

ANIMALS;

FRESH WATER; RADIOISOTOPE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERNET; RADIONUCLIDE; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRESH WEIGHT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GRASSLAND; HABITAT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SAFETY; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WETLAND; WILDLIFE;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONCENTRATION RATIOS; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSFER; WILDLIFE DOSE ASSESSMENT MODELS;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 84889648092     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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