Assessment of strontium and calcium levels in Pakistani diet

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-256

  Akhter, P ^a   Baloch, N Z ^a   Mohammad, D ^a   Orfi, S D ^a   Ahmad, N ^b  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Daily dietary intake; ICRP values; Pakistani population; Strontium and calcium levels

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CALCIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; RADIOLOGY; STRONTIUM;

CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; NUCLEAR EMERGENCY;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CALCIUM; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM 90;

CALCIUM; DIET; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; EMERGENCY; FISSION NEUTRON; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INGESTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUTRITION; PAKISTAN; RADIOLOGY; STANDARD;

CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIET; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PAKISTAN; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; STRONTIUM;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1642390418     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2003.08.011     Document Type: Article

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