Plutonium concentration and 240Pu/239Pu atomic ratio in liver of squid collected in the coastal sea areas of Japan

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 170-180

  Oikawa, Shinji ^a   Yamamoto, Masayoshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bikini; Bio indicator; ICP MS; Plutonium; Squid liver; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; COASTAL ZONES; ISOTOPES; PURIFICATION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATOMIC RATIOS; BIKINI; RADIOCHEMICAL PURIFICATION; SQUID LIVER;

PLUTONIUM;

PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; PLUTONIUM;

CEPHALOPOD; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FALLOUT; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FISHERY; JAPAN; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PURIFICATION; RADIOCHEMISTRY; SAMPLING; SOLUBILIZATION; SQUID; ANIMAL; CEPHALOPOD; CHEMISTRY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEA; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIKINI ATOLL; KUROSHIO CURRENT; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; NORTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; TSUSHIMA CURRENT;

CEPHALOPODA;

ANIMALS; DECAPODIFORMES; JAPAN; LIVER; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 33847410093     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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