An unexpected rise in strontium-90 in US deciduous teeth in the 1990s

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 317, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 37-51

  Mangano, Joseph J ^a   Gould, Jay M ^a   Sternglass, Ernest J ^b   Sherman, Janette D ^c   McDonnell, William ^d  

^a Radiation and Public Health Project   (United States)

^b Radiation and Public Health Project   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d Radiation and Public Health Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Deciduous teeth (baby teeth); Nuclear reactors; Radiation; Strontium 90

Indexed keywords

DENTISTRY; FISSION PRODUCTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOACTIVITY; STRONTIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC WEAPONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

STRONTIUM 90;

NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BIRTH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECIDUOUS TOOTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; UNITED STATES; WEAPON;

EID: 0242636579     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00439-X     Document Type: Article

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