The in vivo measurement of radiocaesium activity in broiler chickens

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 371-379

  Poschl M ^a   Balas J ^a  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

137Cs; Chicken; Monitoring; Radiocaesium

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHICKEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEASUREMENT; MEAT; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0342546419     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(99)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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