Screening for the 137Cs body burden owing to the Chernobyl accident in Zhytomyr region, Ukraine: 2009-2018.

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident released vast amounts of various fission products, of which 131I and 137Cs are considered the most important because they are a major source of radiation exposure to the general public. 137Cs, unlike 131I, has a 30-year half-life that continues to expose pe...

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Main Authors: Yesbol Sartayev, Jumpei Takahashi, Alexander Gutevich, Naomi Hayashida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245491