129I concentrations of mammalian thyroids in Taiwan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-119

  Chao, Jiunn Hsing ^a   Tseng, Chia Lian ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

129I concentrations; environment; mammalian thyroids

Indexed keywords

IODINE 129; RAIN; IODINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; FALLOUT; MAMMAL; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TAIWAN; THYROID GLAND; ANIMAL; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; SHEEP; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; IODINE; IODINE ISOTOPES; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; ISOTOPE LABELING; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SWINE; TAIWAN; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0030300067     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(96)05327-2     Document Type: Article

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