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Monitoring Dietary Radiocesium Intake in Sweden After the Chernobyl Accident

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Monitoring Dietary Intakes

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The accident at the nuclear power station at Chernobyl in the USSR on 26 April 1986 affected not only the Soviet Union, but also many other countries in Europe. Radionuclides were deposited over large areas, where they fell to the ground mainly with rain. Radioactive fallout in Sweden was very unevenly distributed (Fig. 17.1).

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  1. National Food Administration, P.O. Box 622, S-751 26, Uppsala, Sweden

    E.-M. Ohlander, W. Becker & Å. Bruce

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  1. Guy’s Hospital Medical and Dental School, St. Thomas’ Street, SE1 9RT, London, UK

    Ian Macdonald MD, DSc, FIBiol (ILSI Nutrition Co-ordinator, Emeritus Professor of Applied Physiology) (ILSI Nutrition Co-ordinator, Emeritus Professor of Applied Physiology)

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Ohlander, EM., Becker, W., Bruce, Å. (1991). Monitoring Dietary Radiocesium Intake in Sweden After the Chernobyl Accident. In: Macdonald, I. (eds) Monitoring Dietary Intakes. ILSI Monographs. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1828-2_17

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