Uptake and depuration of 131I by the edible periwinkle Littorina littorea: Uptake from seawater

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-67

  Vives I Batlle, J ^a   Wilson, R C ^a   McDonald, P ^a   Parker, T G ^b  

^a WESTLAKES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SELLAFIELD LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological half life; Concentration factor; Depuration; Iodine; Littorina littorea; Periwinkle; Uptake

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IODINE; MARINE BIOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES;

DEPURATION; DIGESTIVE GLANDS;

SEAWATER;

CARRAGEENAN; CESIUM 137; IODINE; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOISOTOPE; SEA WATER; TECHNETIUM 99M; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; HALF LIFE; IODINE; MOLLUSC; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXOCRINE GLAND; KINETICS; MOLLUSC; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; SNAIL; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHONDRUS; CHONDRUS CRISPUS; LITTORINA; LITTORINA LITTOREA; MOLLUSCA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GREAT BRITAIN; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; KINETICS; SEAWATER; SNAILS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 4644311422     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.01.031     Document Type: Article

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