The influence of body size and food preparation practices on the uptake and loss of radionuclides in Cumbrian winkles

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 75, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 155-159

  Jackson, D ^a   Rickard, A ^b,c  

^a WESTLAKES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c London Borough of Camden   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RUBIDIUM;

BODY SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GASTROPOD; HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; SHELLFISH;

EID: 0031888285     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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