The importance of source-dependent bioavailability in determining the transfer of ingested radionuclides to ruminant-derived food products

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 4455-4462

  Beresford, Nicholas A ^a   Mayes, Robert W ^b   Cooker, Andrew I ^c,d   Barnett, Catherine L ^a   Howard, Brenda J ^a   Stuart Lamb, C ^b   Naylor, G Paul L ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Farming/Rural Conservation Agency   (United Kingdom)

^e FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CESIUM; HEALTH HAZARDS; IODINE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEATS; NUTRITION; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; STRONTIUM;

DUAL ISOTOPE TECHNIQUE; IN VITRO METHODS; MILKS; RUMINANT FOOD PRODUCTS; SOURCE DEPENDENT BIOAVAILABILITY;

RADIATION HAZARDS;

CESIUM; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM;

BIOAVAILABILITY; FOOD CHAIN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIONUCLIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BOVIDS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 0034329567     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0000697     Document Type: Review

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