Uranium levels in the diet of São Paulo City residents

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 697-703

  Garcia, F ^a,b   Barioni, A ^a   Arruda Neto, J D T ^a,c   Deppman, A ^a   Milian, F ^a   Mesa, J ^a   Rodriguez, O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

^d Institute for Applied Science and Technology   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Biokinetics; Uranium in food; Uranium uptake

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NUTRITION; RADIOISOTOPES; TISSUE; URANIUM;

BIOKINETIC MODEL; BIOKINETICS; NORMALIZATION; URANIUM IN FOOD; URANIUM UPTAKE;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

URANIUM;

ACCUMULATION; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; RADIONUCLIDE; RESIDENT POPULATION; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; DIET; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; KINETICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO PAULO [SAO PAULO (STT)]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33747247491     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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