Radioactive contamination in feral dogs in the Chernobyl exclusion zone: Population body-burden survey and implications for human radiation exposure

This report describes a two-year effort to survey the internal 137 Cs and external β -emitter contamination present in the feral dog population near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (ChNPP) site, and to understand the potential for human radiation exposure from this contamination. This work was per...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 18; no. 7; p. e0283206
Main Authors:	Hecla, Jake, Kambarian, Erik, Tubbs, Robert, McKinley, Carla, Berliner, Aaron J., Russell, Kayla, Spatola, Gabrielle, Chertok, Jordan, Braun, Weston, Hank, Natalia, Marquette, Courtney, Betz, Jennifer, Paik, Terry, Chenery, Marie, Cagan, Alex, Willis, Carl, Mousseau, Tim
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 20.07.2023
Subjects:	Animal welfare Animals Behavior Biology and Life Sciences Cesium 137 Cesium isotopes Cesium radioisotopes Contamination Dogs Emitters Exclusion zones Feral dogs Feral populations Food contamination Gamma rays Health aspects Health risks Invasions Medicine and Health Sciences Nuclear accidents Nuclear energy Nuclear power plants Nuclear reactors Nuclear safety Observations Physical Sciences Polls & surveys Pollution surveys Prey Prey selection Radiation Radiation effects Radioactive contamination Radioactive pollution Radioactivity Radioisotopes Research and analysis methods Sensors Surveys Ukraine
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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