Generic relationship between calcium intake and radiostrontium transfer to the milk of dairy ruminants

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-131

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

^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

CALCIUM; STRONTIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MILK LEVEL; MODEL; NONHUMAN; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FEMALE; GOATS; MILK; SHEEP; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031781347     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050105     Document Type: Article

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