The transfer of radionuclides from saltmarsh vegetation to sheep tissues and milk

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 36-49

  Beresford, N A ^a   Howard, B J ^a   Mayes, R W ^b   Lamb, C S ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Americium; Caesium; Plutonium; Ravenglass Estuary; Saltmarsh vegetation; Sheep milk; Sheep tissues; Transfer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AMERICIUM; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; TIDES; TISSUE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; EDIBLE TISSUES; SALTMARSH VEGETATION; SELLAFIELD REPROCESSING PLANT;

RADIOISOTOPES;

AMERICIUM; CESIUM; COBALT 60; NIOBIUM; PLUTONIUM; RUTHENIUM;

CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; GRAZING; MILK; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; SALTMARSH; SHEEP; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; LACTATION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PREGNANCY; SCOTLAND; SEAWATER; SHEEP; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WEANING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA;

BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 35348945911     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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