Uptake of 137Cs by fresh water fish

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-241

  Man, C K ^a   Kwok, Y H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; CESIUM; FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CARP; COMPARTMENT MODEL; FISH; HONG KONG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; TILAPIA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALIBRATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CARPS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOMETRY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

CONTAMINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SURFACE WATERS;

CARP; FRESH WATER FISH; SNAKEHEAD; TILAPIA; UPTAKE;

CESIUM;

EID: 0033621792     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00122-0     Document Type: Article

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