Plutonium from above-ground nuclear tests in milk teeth: Investigation of placental transfer in children born between 1951 and 1995 in Switzerland

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1731-1734

  Froidevaux, Pascal ^a   Haldimann, Max ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fetus exposure; Milk teeth; Nuclear bomb test fallout; Placenta transfer; Plutonium; Plutonium metabolism

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM; STRONTIUM 90;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; HUMAN; INHALATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND; TERATOGENICITY; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; INFANT; NUCLEAR ENERGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PLUTONIUM; PREGNANCY; SWITZERLAND; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 58149340525     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11358     Document Type: Article

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