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Title: Ecological half-life of radiocesium in white-tailed deer on the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site: What can a half century of field monitoring tell us?

Journal Article · · Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

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Research Organization:
Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
DOE Contract Number:
FC09-07SR22506
OSTI ID:
1849073
Journal Information:
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Vol. 235-236, Issue C; ISSN 0265-931X
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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