The use of dietary calcium intake of dairy ruminants to predict the transfer coefficient of radiostrontium to milk

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-43

  Howard, B J ^a   Beresford, N A ^a   Mayes, R W ^b   Hansen, H S ^c   Crout, N M J ^d   Hove, K ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Nord Trøndelag College   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COW; MILK; MILK LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CATTLE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; MEAT; MILK; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUMINANTS; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030932944     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050053     Document Type: Article

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