Quantifying the transfer of radionuclides to food products from domestic farm animals

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 767-773

  Howard, B J ^a   Beresford, N A ^a   Barnett, C L ^a   Fesenko, S ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Concentration ratio; Eggs; Gut absorption; Meat; Milk; Pigs; Poultry; Radionuclides; Ruminants; Transfer; Transfer coefficient

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; MAMMALS; MEATS; NUTRITION; POULTRY; RADIOISOTOPES;

CONCENTRATION RATIO; EGGS; MILK; PIGS; RUMINANTS; TRANSFER; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

ANIMALS;

PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RUTHENIUM; STRONTIUM;

ABSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; MEAT; MILK; RADIONUCLIDE; RUMINANT;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FARM ANIMAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSFER; RUMINANT STOMACH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; MEAT; MILK; RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 70349299936     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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