Concentration and distribution of 210Po in the tissues of the scallop Chlamys varia and the mussel Mytilus edulis from the coasts of Charente-Maritime (France)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 997-1002

  Bustamante, P ^a   Germain, P ^b   Leclerc, G ^b   Miramand, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

210Po; Bioaccumulation; Digestive gland; Molluscs; Scallops; Subcellular fractionation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; TISSUE;

BIOAVAILABILITY;

MARINE POLLUTION;

POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIGESTION; MOLLUSC; POLONIUM ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BIVALVE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLAMYS VARIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOLIC FRACTION; EXOCRINE GLAND; FRANCE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; SCALLOP; SEASHORE; ANIMAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MOLLUSC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

FRANCE;

BIVALVIA; CHLAMYS; MIMACHLAMYS VARIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; PECTINIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIVALVIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; MOLLUSCA; POLONIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0036771817     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00135-2     Document Type: Article

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