Natural radioactivity in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis derived from the central Adriatic Sea (Italy)

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 1270-1278

  Assunta Meli, Maria ^a   Desideri, Donatella ^a   Roselli, Carla ^a   Feduzi, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD 210; POLONIUM; POTASSIUM 40; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; ITALY; MUSSEL; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BACKGROUND RADIATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MYTILUS; OCEANS AND SEAS; RADIATION MONITORING; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SHELLFISH; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 47949132571     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01932690801934562     Document Type: Article

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