Distribution of 137Cs in fishes from the seas surrounding Korea: its bioaccumulation and annual effective dose

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Issue		Radioprotection Volume 60, Number 4, Octobre-Décembre 2025


Page(s)		360 - 369
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2025017
Published online		15 December 2025

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