Mass balance approach to estimating radionuclide loads and concentrations in edible fish tissues using stable analogues

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 795-801

  Yankovic, Tamara L ^a,b  

^a EcoMetrix Incorporated   (Canada)

^b AREVA NP   (France)

Author keywords

Analogues; Dietary pathways; Freshwater; Human dose; Mass balance; Radionuclides; Reference Man; Reference organism; Transfer

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; FISH; HISTOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; WATER;

ANALOGUES; DIETARY PATHWAYS; FRESHWATER; HUMAN DOSE; MASS BALANCE; REFERENCE MAN; REFERENCE ORGANISM; TRANSFER;

TISSUE;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CERIUM; CESIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; EUROPIUM; IRON; LANTHANUM; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RUBIDIUM; SCANDIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TELLURIUM; THORIUM; TITANIUM; URANIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; MASS BALANCE; PARTITIONING; RADIONUCLIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER FISH; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE CONCENTRATION; RADIONUCLIDE LOAD; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSFER; TELEOST;

PISCES;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 70349269099     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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