Radioactive cesium accumulation in freshwater fishes after the Fukushima nuclear accident

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Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Arai, Takaomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cesium; Fukushima nuclear accident; Global deposition; Radioactive contamination; Terrestrial environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919682658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-479     Document Type: Article

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