Modelling 3H and 14C transfer to farm animals and their products under steady state conditions

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 205-217

  Galeriu, D ^a   Melintescu, A ^a   Beresford, N A ^b   Crout, N M J ^c   Peterson, R ^d   Takeda, H ^e  

^a HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Terrestrial and Atmospheric Monitoring and Modelling Group   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon 14; Concentration ratio; Eggs; Meat; Milk; Transfer coefficient; Tritium

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; FOOD PRODUCTS; RADIOACTIVITY; TISSUE;

DIGESTIBILITIES; FARM ANIMALS; MACRO-ELEMENTS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; STEADY STATE CONDITIONS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CARBON; HYDROGEN; TRITIUM;

CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MILK; RADIONUCLIDE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; CAMEL; DIGESTION; HORSE; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; STEADY STATE; YAK; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GOAT; KINETICS; MEAT; MILK;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CATTLE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; GOATS; KINETICS; MEAT; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRITIUM;

EID: 35348855870     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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