Effects of Cooking on Radiocesium in Fish from the Savannah River: Exposure Differences for the Public

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 231-235

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Gaines, Karen F ^b,c   Boring, C Shane ^a,b   Snodgrass, J ^a,b,d   Stephens Jr , W L ^b,c   Gochfeld, M ^b,e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CESIUM 137; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; RADIOISOTOPE;

CESIUM; FISH; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1042289689     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-003-2314-4     Document Type: Article

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