Concentrations of radiocarbon and isotope compositions of stable carbon in food

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 323-328

  Sakamoto, Noriko ^a   Ishida, Tomoyuki ^a   Arima, Tatsumi ^a   Idemitsu, Kazuya ^a   Inagaki, Yaohiro ^a   Furuya, Hirotaka ^a   Kawamura, Hidehisa ^b   Matsuoka, Nobuaki ^b   Tawaki, Shinji ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyushu Environ Eval Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

C3 plant; C4 plant; Carbon 13; Carbon 14; Chickens; Eggs; Food; Isotope ratio; Natural products; Petrochemical; Radioactivity; Radiocarbon; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCTS; RADIOCARBON; RICES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

BEVERAGES; COMPOSITION; FLAVORS; FOOD PRODUCTS; ISOTOPES; NATURAL GAS; OILS AND FATS; PETROCHEMICALS; RADIOACTIVITY;

CARBON;

EID: 0036543079     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2002.9715196     Document Type: Article

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