A dosimetric determination of 137Cs ingestion from global fallout and the related risks to Japanese

Health Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 316-329

  Shimada, Y ^a   Morisawa, S ^a   Yoneda, M ^a   Inoue, Y ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

137Cs; Exposure; Fallout; Health effects; Internal

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; CESIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSIMETRY; FALLOUT; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; INGESTION; JAPAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONITORING; PLANT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CATERING SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0032013843     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199803000-00004     Document Type: Article

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