The effectiveness of oral administration of potassium iodide to lactating goats in reducing the transfer of radioiodine to milk

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-128

  Beresford, N A ^a   Mayes, R W ^b   Barnett, C L ^a   Lamb, C S ^b   Wilson, P J ^b   Howard, B J ^a   Voigt, G ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; POTASSIUM IODIDE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOAT; HUMAN; INGESTION; LACTATION; MILK; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0030957373     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(96)00050-1     Document Type: Article

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