Concentration Factors for 137Cs in Japanese Coastal Fish (1984-1990)

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 71-79

  Tateda, Yutaka ^a,c   Koyanagi, Taku ^b  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b JL   (Indonesia)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

Author keywords

137Cs; Concentration factors; Japanese coastal waters; Marine fish; Stable Cs

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; NUCLEAR FUELS; SEAWATER;

137CS; ATOM RATIO; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION FACTORS; FISH MUSCLES; GEOMETRIC MEAN; JAPANESE COASTAL WATER; MARINE FISH; STABLE CS; STANDARD ERROR OF THE MEANS;

FISH;

CESIUM; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; FISH; JAPAN; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FISHES; JAPAN; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0030157605     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.37.71     Document Type: Article

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