Distribution of 60Co and 137Cs in mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchus)

J. Konings; R. Kirchmann; G. B. Gerber

Distribution of ⁶⁰Co and ¹³⁷Cs in mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchus)

J. Konings, R. Kirchmann, G. B. Gerber

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Abstract

Mallard ducks appear to be covenient and useful inicators for radioactive contamination near nuclear sites. The relatively long effective half-lives of cesium and cobalt in such ducks would integrate changing rates of radioactive releases over a period of several weeks. On-site information on such birds would be needed if one wished to correlate such data directly with amounts released.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	681-684
Number of pages	4
Journal	Health physics
Volume	46
Issue number	3
State	Published - 1984

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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