Countermeasures for animal products: A review of effectiveness and potential usefulness after an accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 115-137

  Howard, Brenda J ^a   Beresford, Nicholas A ^a   Voigt, Gabriele ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Countermeasures; Radiocaesium; Radioiodine; Radiostrontium; Review; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; METABOLISM; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOISOTOPES;

NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM;

CALCIUM INTAKE; CATTLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; GOAT; MILK; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVIEW; SHEEP;

EID: 0035010049     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(01)00050-9     Document Type: Article

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