Radionuclide transfer to reptiles

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 509-530

  Wood, Michael D ^e   Beresford, Nicholas A ^a   Semenov, Dmitry V ^b   Yankovich, Tamara L ^c   Copplestone, David ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^c AREVA Resources Canada Inc   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINALS; CONCENTRATION RATIO; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA; FRACTIONAL MASS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; META-ANALYSIS; PAUCITY OF DATA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSFER; SOIL AND WATER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTIONS; WHOLE-BODY;

BARIUM; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CESIUM; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MERCURY (METAL); PLUTONIUM; POLLUTION; RADIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

ECOSYSTEMS;

REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

ALBUMINOID; RADIOISOTOPE;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BONE; ECOSYSTEM; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIZARD; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; REPTILE; REVIEW; RISK; SNAKE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

ALBUMINS; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BONE AND BONES; ECOSYSTEM; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIZARDS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; REPTILES; RISK; SNAKES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLES;

EID: 78649321327     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-010-0321-1     Document Type: Review

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