A review of countermeasures to reduce radioiodine in milk of dairy animals

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 661-673

  Howard, B J ^a   Voigt, G ^b   Segal, M G ^c   Ward, G M ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

fallout; food chain; iodine; milk

Indexed keywords

PERCHLORATE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THIOCYANATE;

AIR POLLUTION; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FALLOUT; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029859330     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199611000-00005     Document Type: Review

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