129I, 131I and 127I in animal thyroids after the chernobyl nuclear accident

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 647-650

  VanMiddlesworth, L ^a   Handl, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

129I; Chernobyl; Contamination; Environmental; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HALF LIFE TIME; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; THYROID GLAND; ANIMAL; AUSTRIA; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; UKRAINE;

ANIMALIA;

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; CATTLE; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; NORWAY; NUCLEAR FISSION; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; REFERENCE VALUES; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; THYROID GLAND; UKRAINE;

EID: 0030610372     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199710000-00010     Document Type: Article

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